Fear 2
Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)
Deer in the headlights
interrupted midflight
Mysterious intervention by the unknown
Caught up in the moment
frozen as if hypnotized by death’s stare
somethings in the air
we are blind…
Can’t feel it
even though, you know its close
Too late to run… can’t hide,
no help …in sight
Can’t stop the falling tears
in desperation…
To surrender in the face of overwhelming odds
There are but two roads of which to choose
To evade the moment of this disastrous calamity
Or fight,
despite the fright of odds,
Which eclipse our ability
to see
A way past… our Fear
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Submitted by Charles2 on August 20, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XA XX BB X X X XA X XC X D C DD X |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 617 |
Words | 132 |
Stanzas | 14 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1 |
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