Mt. Olympus
Mt. Olympus shakes tonight.
You tell me of gods guarding gates
and of lightning bolts.
As I watch you leave, gravity gives in
and I feel your pulse.
I would learn to write songs to that rhythm.
That beat so familiar.
Mt. Olympus rocks tonight, and echoing
through the hills, I hear your voice,
somehow so soothing, like rocking this baby
to slumber--this tired child, worn from play.
Zeus himself would swoon under this pull,
these fierce distractions, that leave you full.
And as you leave, I swallow hard
this lump of fear in my throat,
fill these hollow lungs,
and enter this night with new breath.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLLMNOP |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 585 |
Words | 107 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
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