Sojourn
Some time ago in the Far East
dragons shed scales
that tangled into ivy
scrolled up trees.
I still untangle vines today,
like an archeologist,
trying to piece skin together,
not bones.
My eyelids will not
be locked in silence.
I saw those wings, wings
brushed against wings,
shimmered in front
of my Himalayas.
The sky, a crayon plum
like pages in a children's
story book or Van Gogh's night,
stretched its wispy fingers of fog
across time, tempted my thoughts.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 443 |
Words | 81 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 11 |
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