Run?
Running ragged, breathing fast
One, two, three, four…
Foot falls quicken, heart rate stutters
You can’t afford to hit the floor
Run the race, don’t falter now
Seconds, hours, weeks, years…
No time for slow…time is money
Don’t look now, the Jones’ are watching
Run. Work becomes priority
Blink. You’ve missed your children grow
Run. Work through every pain.
Blink. Health runs out eventually
Illness marks a slowing pace
Why not before the fall?
A lifetime lost, regrets surpass
Humanity misled your path
You missed the flowers
The beauty in kindness
The calm of a summer breeze
And all you had to do was slow
Let it go
Breathe
Enjoy simplicity
Find transcendence
About this poem
Life is short. Live it and don’t take it for granted.
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Written on August 09, 2023
Submitted by heatherg.95197 on March 17, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XABA XXCX CDXC XXXX BXXD DXCX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 692 |
Words | 128 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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