Mercy
I kneel before you once more.
No longer do I see an immature fool,
But my innocent, loving son, whom I broke.
Your mother told me about those cries of joy
That she heard , and I did not.
Your innocent voice,
That to most is ‘adorable’.
To me ,
Was once spoken by a boy
Deserving of death,
For simply,
Being a child, lacking discipline, or something,
That only I understand, to all else, is but madness and tyranny.
The trees, birds, life
You loved so much,
Remains…
Without that exuberant,
Innocent child , playing in its green,
All because of me…
Those leaves falling slowly, whisper to me,
The cries of your happiness,
That I alone destroyed.
And so, my dear demented son,
I shall sing your mother’s song.
From my cold-blooded heart of hate,
Now shattered with pain and tears..
Where are you?
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Written on April 04, 2023
Submitted by Thanatos on May 07, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 910 |
Words | 169 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 10, 9, 4, 1 |
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