Forever Further Down The Road Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEC FGC HHC HFC IJC BHC KLC BMC NOHC| I look to you from eye to eye | A |
| But only see your back | B |
| Forever further down the road | C |
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| Love marches feeling side by side | D |
| But steps from back to front | E |
| Forever further down the road | C |
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| The gap between becomes a moat | F |
| That has no beam to span | G |
| Forever down the road | C |
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| No eye to eye no beams or motes | H |
| Just woody tear filled orbs | H |
| Forever down the road | C |
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| But arms length can be very close | H |
| And time dries out that moat | F |
| Forever further down the road | C |
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| And then you fade you re out of sight | I |
| But I am not alone | J |
| Forever down the road | C |
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| As you my new now see my back | B |
| Receive my backward words | H |
| Forever down the road | C |
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| You and I in syncopation | K |
| Our places now reversed | L |
| Forever further down the road | C |
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| You find it strange to see my back | B |
| Don t let your marching falter | M |
| Forever down the road | C |
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| Remember this your time has come | N |
| In sadness I m content to know | O |
| Your back I ll never see | H |
| Further down your road | C |
Neil Garrod
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 02/17/2023
Poet's note: A reflection on parenthood and how one moves from trailing child to leading parent.
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