DROP OF RED
Richard Allen Grey 1971 (WV)
Like silk flowing, deep running red
Throughout this pain-staked land.
Cleansing this realm within my head
But forever stained are my hands.
For I am society, a wretched creature
Brought forth by the hands of time.
Created by so-called human nature
Fulfilled by your death and crime.
I dwell in the tears cried by a mother
For a son that is lost to crack.
A green-eyed altruist waiting for others
To unleash my savage attack.
So, follow me down this road I've made
Bring this hatred that i have instilled.
A life unfinished is what you have found
And a world is what you have killed!
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Written on October 10, 1994
Submitted by rickgreyate04 on April 21, 2022
Modified by rickgreyate04 on April 21, 2022
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXAX BCBC BDXD XEXE |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 587 |
Words | 117 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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