Prayer of Guilt



LORD,
I live life in confusion,
But I see wrong from right.
I have the will to be the pawn
Who longs to be a knight.
I hope someday to earn the wings
of ever lasting flight,
and live upon a world of love Eternal day and night
It seems although I turn to you only in despair
to spill forth a troubled heart
that life is never fair,
Even as I pray to you
those feelings you beseech
I oftentimes in vivid words
tell you I'm a leech
Even as the parasite needs the host
in which to live undeserving of your sight
You eternally forgive
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDCECCFGFHIJIKCL
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 512
Words 107
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18

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