Describe A Soul

Describe a soul.
but it depends,
young or old?

Tell me it's depths. 
how do you mean,
big or small?

Describe it's song. 
like what,
soft or loud?

Tell me it's features. 
how so, 
beautiful or bold?

Describe a soul. 
by what measures,
alive or gone?

Author's Note

Note for Albert's Poetry Contest- It is as simple as it is complicated. It's as close as I can get to explaining or questioning a person's existence.

Reviews

[Helen Crutchett]

How can one measure a "soul"......it's asking the impossible. I guess we all have our views on what it is. You have done a good job with this poem. Thank you for "Keeping the Dream Alive" ~ Helena

[light and ashes]

To describe a soul is impossible. There is no end to it's facets. Nice poem, the last stanza is haunting, and its my favorite part.

[Skye]

Beautiful. Thats really all I can say. Apsolutely loved it

[Becky]

Seems to me like the last line should have a question mark at the end. Other than that, interesting poem. Nicely penned.

[zainul]

Lovely conversation to characterize a soul.
Nice idea ,nice concept.

[Joshua W. Harris]

I don't know how it was before you broke it into the three line stanzas as suggested by Quinn, but the conversation-like poetry style really does fit wonderfully to the piece. Very, very nice indeed. :)

[Serenity Faith]

Thank you as well. I actually had it just as it was, but without the spaces in between each stanza. I could understand, since it is a poem of no rhyme, how it could be hard to catch onto it's conversation....kind of like a run on sentence ^_^

[Joshua W. Harris]

Okay, okay. That makes sense. =]
Either way, the poem is simple, but well constructed and thought provoking. Keep it up. =]

[Serenity Faith]

What a beautiful idea! I really like the concept, how its written almost like a conversation between two people. I think it would read better if it were broken into three line stanzas. It took me a minute to catch on to the rhythm of this.

[Serenity Faith]

Thank you very much! I'll adjust it now actually, so other people can catch onto it's rhythm as well.