Let’s Hush
because distancing
and moving, that’s
what words are for
name something and it’s gone
or covered like a secret
with superficiality
the border that people cross
and pass or are
touched by
no further than the peel
the first line a reach
no closer, till here
the depth behind the facade
beyond comprehension, estranging
like creeps out of the dark
till all words burst
and something arises from the haze
of dust that is still floating
then it appears, momentary
nearing and closer than the name
that profoundly describes
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Submitted by ludy_b on April 29, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABX XCC BXX XXX XAX XBA XXB |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 501 |
Words | 89 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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