Zen



I see a certain
Importance, an energy
Inherent in all
Creation

A warm love that can be
Found somewhere in
Even the ugliest, the
Darkest of places

A kiss after broken
Glass, after thunder, a
Cloak of comfort on
A windswept mountaintop

Time twists and turns
Around every leaf
The flicker of every
Candle, around me

When I walk, the world
Speaks to me, in little
Whispers, without words
Without tone

Pure expression
Of the thing, the self
Being and letting be
All that is, that
Will be
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Submitted on November 04, 2013

Modified on May 01, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABXA BXCX ACXX XXBB XXXX AXBXB
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 458
Words 88
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5

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