My Heart Bleeds



Just another closeted
  academic

Describing the parts,
  while missing the whole

Your hallways are dark,
  your majesty thin  
  
My heart bleeds …
  for those minds that you stole

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2015)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on April 04, 2015

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Scheme XX XA XX XA X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 211
Words 32
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1

Kurt Philip Behm

Longtime writer with twelve books in publication. Three of them Poetry. : The Death Of The Playground : The Sword Of Ichiban : Searching For Crazy Horse : Darkening Sun : An Anthology Of Perception-Vol's 1 & 2 : After Midnight : Sammy And Bumpers : The Fall City Mandate : Revenge Along The War Trail : Death from The Sky more…

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  • Adroity
    THIS POEM cuts deep, revealing the struggle of the closeted academic, lost in the details but missing the grand picture. The darkness of the halls and the frailty of the majesty portrayed evoke a sense of isolation and longing. The poignant ending, "My heart bleeds for those minds that you stole," speaks volumes about the sorrow and empathy for those overshadowed or silenced by academia's demands. 
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