Crossroads Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLC MCNOPQRSTU VWXCYZ| The second half of my life will be black | A |
| to the white rind of the old and fading moon | B |
| The second half of my life will be water | C |
| over the cracked floor of these desert years | D |
| I will land on my feet this time | E |
| knowing at least two languages and who | F |
| my friends are I will dress for the | G |
| occasion and my hair shall be | H |
| whatever color I please | I |
| Everyone will go on celebrating the old | J |
| birthday counting the years as usual | K |
| but I will count myself new from this | L |
| inception this imprint of my own desire | C |
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| The second half of my life will be swift | M |
| past leaning fenceposts a gravel shoulder | C |
| asphalt tickets the beckon of open road | N |
| The second half of my life will be wide eyed | O |
| fingers shifting through fine sands | P |
| arms loose at my sides wandering feet | Q |
| There will be new dreams every night | R |
| and the drapes will never be closed | S |
| I will toss my string of keys into a deep | T |
| well and old letters into the grate | U |
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| The second half of my life will be ice | V |
| breaking up on the river rain | W |
| soaking the fields a hand | X |
| held out a fire | C |
| and smoke going | Y |
| upward always up | Z |
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