Tick tock
One year goes by, tick-tock the tale
One year goes by, my skin grows pale
They say time has a way of healing all wounds
But my mind sees time for what it ruins
Grow green, grow tall- the truth I water
Grow fast, the sap- I seed to sunder
I wave goodbye to an old friend on the lake
His boat has a hole, his last birthday cake
Away, away- a word so abused
The truth left me naked, naked I’m used
Ha ha, laughter- did that come from me
Is sight so blind it cannot see
One year goes by, tick tock the tale
One year goes by, my skin grows pale
About this poem
Time claims another shade with each passing year, how pale will you be?
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Written on March 03, 1995
Submitted by calbusa on January 11, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | aA xx bb cc dd ee aA |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 548 |
Words | 121 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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