Experience
My mind fractures under the weight of light
Nerves numb to the endless heat
Eyes glow with purple sight
Face young, tongue tender and sweet
Years past on a vast plane
Same as endless storms descending upon a black indigo sea
Experienced time becomes a great fane
For all brute conquerers to come and see
Birth’s green light turned great autumn trees
My hair caught in a warm winter’s breeze
All my expanse cut by a crone’s knife
And just as I breathe in true death, God sickens me with the peril of new life
About this poem
This poem is about a person who’s overwhelmed by the world and all of its possibility, they’re crushed by the weight of time, age, and experience.
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Written on July 11, 2023
Submitted by Marwannawab17 on July 12, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB CDCDEEFF |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 524 |
Words | 104 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 8 |
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