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Rated: 13+ · Poetry · Mythology · #2279221
waiting until sunrise, shivering through last winter's twilight, quivering ... speaks
A hatchling...

waiting until sunrise,
shivering
through winter's last twilight,
quivering
as his first word spoken
sets the world on fire, his thoughts that rage
now torching
the bright green hills of home;
then the next word, whispered
soft as glass,
pumps his heart, lifting wings
to sing melodic memories of ancient myths, he —
keens a descant, croons the harmony, warns that this —
this too shall pass; hidden, we must plan
our escape, before his breath turns all to cinders,
steam and ash.


© Copyright 2022 Kåre Enga [179.69] (23.august.2022)

80 words, 16 lines like π 3.141592653589793.
The 3.14159... becomes 6/3/6/3/6/9/3/6/6/3/12/9/12/12/3 to help establish a rhythm.

This is an earlier version showing Pi lines, words and syllables
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