the vine sapling
one day i saw
a vine sapling
sprouting
in my garden
of who i was the warden...
it grew and curled
and ever so slowly climbed
not as much i wanted in my mind...
one day i saw
it going west
frankly, i wanted east...
for that's where begins the feast.
well i did that i did that day
tied a string heading east.
today,
when i am about to die
i want a moment to buy.
in the lull before the storm, i think
west would've been wise.
guess, i lost that prize.
at the end of the day,
the vine sapling
will surely cling...
while history cries
on a strained sling...
About this poem
you cannot set the clock back on some decisions in life. You live with "what if"
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Submitted by sanjay.kumbkarni on October 21, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 531 |
Words | 113 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 20, 5 |
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