Nothing Lasts Forever



Nestled high

upon a labyrinth of time

in corridors stark and deep

within a starry sleep

abounding in midnight blues
 

Unceasingly caressing

that departed kiss

on the back of a memory

when life was simple

and the dream was alive
  

Unveiling a desirable notion

beguiled at the thorn

at the onset of no return

in seasons   

divided by the passage of time

and a foretaste of what’s to come  

  
Still nursing  

that ill-wanting feeling  

that got away

rehearsed in a dream

within a vague theme  

seduced by the desires of youth   

in the infinity of space
  

Feeling alone  

and left for want  

hasting with bitterness  

and discord  

combing possibilities

from the other side of the world

at the forefront of fruition

 
'til your being

sojourned from a fantasy

in a surreal enchantment

of euphoria

guiding my soul

within a black embrace

to fill that  

vacated promise of long ago
  

Wanton

with disillusion

and fearful

at the impasse  

abiding in doubt,

never thought   

you'd stand   

with me again

as your words  

tendered the escapade  

of my life  
  

Seems like only   

yesterday  

when you called  

out to me  

and the world   

would cease  

in the stillness

of your hold

  
Like far   

and in between  

that I’d begin to wonder

why your distance parts  

when you're near me

  
And where it was   

when you first kissed me  

and held me in your arms  

and told me   

that you loved me

 
Excruciatingly waking at the fold

without your hold

as birds calm that bewildered sensation

of loss and found

 
Nothing lasts forever  

you and I are bound together  

in a timeless span

within a song and dance

that'll never be,

O nothing lasts forever

for me...
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Submitted by gino.vallejo on May 12, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:25 min read
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Scheme A B B X X C X X D X X A X E X F F X G X H I D E C X X G X X X X X X X X C X C I H J X K X C X C X C C J J D X K K X X C K
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,608
Words 282
Stanzas 61
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 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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