alternative forms of falling
in the way a gentle river loves
her embankments keeping her at bay
a tender caress for her lovely lover
a touch to soften dirt walls
and how a package loves
the funny tickle of packing peanuts
lowered from warm grasp
to their little playful kisses
and how the sweltering sun loves
the familiar greeting of the horizon
band-aids, cold compress to the brow
whispered praise and all is well
and the dandelions struggling in a lot
cracking through stone to reach the sun
resilient and in them,
a flicker of eternal flame
forged and found and
love fiery with spitting sparks
popping of bones crackle of wood
a lighthouse in the dark
this is a love that bleeds through pages
pooling into puddles that stain the skin
holding the pulsing folded heart
cupped by gentle hands
like when Prometheus made man
infused with heavenly fire
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Written on December 21, 2021
Submitted by willothewisp on April 15, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXBX AXXC ADXX XDXX XXXX CXXXXB |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 827 |
Words | 152 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 6 |
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