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An Ocean of Tears

John Kassel

April 23 
Free verse
An ocean of tears

In the aftermath of yet
Another school shooting,
Waves of grief and pain
Wash over us.
A tidal wave of sorrow
Engulfs everything in its path.
We are lost in a sea of despair,
Searching for a life raft
To keep us from drowning
In an ocean of tears.

John Kassel  
              2023

About this poem

May feelings after another mass shooting in America.

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Written on March 29, 2923

Submitted by johnkassel on April 23, 2023

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Scheme A XBXXXXXXBA XX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 302
Words 65
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 10, 2
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