BLACK RAIN
Black rain is falling
From a loathsome black sky,
Even birds hide atop trees
Terrified to try to fly.
Black rain and black snow
Both spread across the ground,
Turning daytime into night
Within a small luckless town.
Pollution fills our atmosphere
Diseases spread from black rain,
Washing away all our dreams
Replacing them with only pain.
Black rain burning like acid
When it lands upon your flesh,
Black rain choking your oesophagus
Stealing away your breath.
Children squealing in terror
Adults running away to hide,
Animals burrowing underground
When they cannot get back inside
Black snow follows black rain
Leaving the city a smoking mess,
Devastating animals and plants
Shrivelling trees and forests.
Whenever black rain starts to fall
The innocents start to die,
Women try to comfort children
As terrified babies start to cry.
THE END
© Copyright 2023 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Black rain is falling From a loathsome black sky, Even birds hide atop trees Terrified to try to fly.
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Written on October 19, 2023
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on October 19, 2023
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Scheme | XABA XCXX XDXD XXBX XECE DXXX XAXA XXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 913 |
Words | 166 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
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