Time



Tick…tock…

goes the clock

ad infinitum.

Stars and planets

glide through space

as they slowly spin.

Time is just a measure

of how long things

take to change.

Sooner or later

every thing

will all be re-arranged.

Do not fear

the march of time

it waits for no human.

So make the best

of the time that’s left,

things never go as planned.

Don’t be distraught

by any thought

of pain imagined or real.

If nothing else,

time has in itself

the true power to heal.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X X X X A X X A X X X X X X X B B C X X C
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 438
Words 86
Stanzas 21
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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