Waiting For Light
Kim Spivey 1957 (New York)
Waiting For Light
Waiting for the sunrise, so bright and so clear
I hardly could sleep, having nighttime fears.
Calmly, I lay there, hoping for light.
Drinking sleepy time tea to ward off all fright.
Suddenly appears the shadowy moon,
looking peaceful and calm.
I spoke too soon.
I close my eyes and drift off to sleep.
In the morning I awake, there's the sun,
Take a peek.
About this poem
It expresses how the things we may fear can bring us a sense of peace and calm us.
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Written on 2012
Submitted by kimba75 on August 01, 2023
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Scheme | A X X A A B X B X X X |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 416 |
Words | 86 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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