Trails
Sweet blue sky fills the day
with wonder
walking in the sunshine
taking time to ponder
the metal tracks beside me
begin to hum and hiss
I stare at them wonder
from where the rails
shall feel the metal kiss
I look a little further
and an engine sounds alarm
Where is it going,who's inside
& I wish safe journey without harm
Returning to the quiet,
a canary sits atop the rails
The heaviest and the lightest
travel the same trails
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCBDEBFEBGHGIFJF |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 412 |
Words | 82 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
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