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Rise, and Fall

January 22, 2021
By Saylor_True BRONZE, Fairfield, Connecticut
Saylor_True BRONZE, Fairfield, Connecticut
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Favorite Quote:
Only love can truly save the world<br /> ~ Wonder Woman


The rising sun will blind me as it sets

all lighted droplets burning towards the sea;

Glowing with golden stains, precarious, they dress

the windswept sail, and on the edge they lean 

until we fall and hug the wild ocean.

We guide our raft into the shrieking wind

and righting it, now tides of night awaken.

    

Let Polaris touch the beadlets on our skin 

to paint our unbroken bodies “golden” called.

Our windswept heartbeat will again begin;


For we breathe in rhythm

with wave and squall,

Rise, and fall rise, and fall.


The author's comments:

I purposely used meter in this poem; The first stanza is strict iambic pentameter, the second stanza is loose iambic pentameter, and the third breaks away from the first two stanzas even further.


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