Mollusk of Old Days
Opening up parts of my past, I sadly see,
there have been low days in September,
that I would rather not remember,
because they’ve revealed a lie to me.
But if I’d wiped those from my memory,
I would have lost their lovely fruits as well,
so I’ve compressed the prangs of history,
and tucked those away in a solid shell.
These days, when that time of year arrives,
I just reflect on the flows of our lives,
on how, in our own ways, we forbear
the losses that are simply lying there.
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Submitted by ludy_b on April 25, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABBA ACAC XXBX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 478 |
Words | 93 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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