cycle of scars
my soul is in a raindrop
blindly gravitates towards
the sun's intense being
obliviously falls into the trap
of man's greatest flaw: love
sits in a cloud
unaware of the world
then the floor drops out
and i fall
fall hard
hit the ground
sink into the mud
retreat to the earth
and the pain engulfs me
until i see
a different star
a new scar
and blindly i reach
for the cruel sun
as again begins
the cycle of love
the cycle of water
the cycle of torture
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXXA XXXX XXX XBBCC XXX ADD |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 427 |
Words | 89 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 3, 5, 3, 3 |
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