I Met Myself
I met myself,
reflections gathered
the dust of years,
smiled with hunger.
I listened,
with rapt attention,
to my mouth's curves
speaking backward
to my captive eyes.
'Open this life,
quench your thirst
with love,
beautiful heart.
Eat of this spirit.'
And so
I fed myself
promises,
laughed wine
down the front
of my feelings.
Loneliness faltered,
split hairs, ran across
the back of my neck.
I met myself
as I was leaving.
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Submitted on September 17, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 397 |
Words | 74 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 5, 6, 3, 2 |
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