Daydreaming
Daydreaming in a café,
I'm nursing a coffee.
And as I take a sip,
stare into a mirror.
Everything's surreal,
a silver twilight zone.
And I sit there transfixed,
by every shifting scene.
I know it's only glass,
with a reflective sheen.
Yet like reality,
it's something very real.
Finding faults fascinate,
mine are soon scrutinized.
And I stare at myself,
wondering who'll blink first.
In this world of shadows,
entertainment's for free.
Like a voyeur, I watch
people perform unseen.
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Submitted on August 21, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AAXX BXXC XCDB XXAX XDXC |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 464 |
Words | 81 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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