before hell
i’ve been shot ,
i’ve not had the four leaf clover of a bullet through my head .
instead i’d been blasted ,
right a top my shoulder blade ,
wounded .
slowly deceasing to the pits of hell ,
like i has been stricken by a blazing vermilion arrow ,
an invitation attached to it ,
seeping into my skin ,
slowly seizing what bit of earth i had left in me .
i’m half pain bound and struck ,
while the other half is carted away ,
leaving nothing but a scarlett shallow ,
and a half empty soul .
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someone’s journey to the afterlife, slow and painful
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Submitted by rubyharrison28 on November 29, 2023
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Scheme | ABCDCEFGHIJKFL |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 494 |
Words | 101 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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