i have five lines, i want to make them count, for me
do not waste words, i think now , do not waste words
and more than not waste words, let's not please, waste time
time is what we do not have and it breaks mine, it breaks my heart in two
one piece is for me and one piece is for you
i sit stone still and think of you and what you do
birds are noisy here and there and i can feel their cries
i am writing this one for you and for me
what is it that i want to say, what is it i mean to say to you and for me too
i have five lines, i want to make them count, for me
this is the last thing i want to write, about fate and pain
the saddest is we and the gladdest is we
together and apart, please give that our world would shrink
that what i mean to say is every day you dawn in my eyes with the sun
do not waste words, i think now, do not waste words
how can i be happy when all i think is to be sad
how do you do it with your smile, (although i've heard you roar)
do not answer, for i have to try harder to be grateful for this precious;
i fear to say that maybe you know i have heard you roar, i know you feel this pain
and more than not waste words, let's not please, waste time
i have to fasten you to my body, also to look in your eyes
i want enough time for our chests to merge,
two hearts to beat for one, one heart to beat for two, for me, for you
i need to hear what you have to say, i need to lay my head upon that heart
time is what we do not have and it breaks mine, it breaks my heart in two
in the perfect world i recognized you long ago for me
in the perfect world we have spent nine hundred years together, more await
in our perfect world now there is you and i belonging, complete
we will say nothing these times, though i hear you speak in tongues divided
one piece is for me and one piece is for you
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cascade, a form created by udit bhatia, is all about receptiveness, but in a smooth cascading way like a waterfall. the poem does not have any rhyme scheme; therefore, the layout is simple. say the first verse has three lines. line one of verse one becomes the last line of verse two. to follow in suit, the second line of verse one becomes the last line of verse three. the third line of verse one now becomes the last line of verse four, the last stanza of the poem.
a/b/c, d/e/A, f/g/B, h/i/C
to make the cascade an even longer poem, use more lines in verse one. for example, if verse one has 6 lines, the poem must have seven stanzas so that each line of verse one is reused as a refrain in each following stanza (a cascading effect).
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