Glimpse

E.S. Conway 1985 (United Kingdom)



Now were at the cross roads
decisions to be made
made by other people
people to be played

play them like a fiddle
music to my ears
if they miss a single note
the cost will be in years

years come and gone
the past is laid before me
the present is fading fast
and the future is behind me

no-one knows the truth
a secret that's well kept
a fortress built within the mind
secure from the inept

read this how you will
interpret as you please
circumstantial evidence
will bring you to your knees

lies that you created
belief in what you feel
but nothing really matters
if what you knows not real

a house that's made of sand
will crumble in the rain
don't understand the point i make
then read this poem again
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Submitted by almostemily on May 09, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XABA BCXC XDXD XEXE XFXF XGXG XXXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 675
Words 137
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

E.S. Conway

A poet by proxy of therapy. Her works (with only a couple of exceptions) are comprised of poems written in a form of therapy diary, they served for several years as an aid to dealing with situations that may or may not be within the poems themselves. This is also the reason for so much rhyming; though not necessary for poetry, it was part of what made poetry therapeutic for her and so is an almost certain constant. more…

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