Freedom's Hope Denied
I live in places
you’ve never seen
And sleep in nightmares
you’ve never dreamed
I choose in dimensions
above either or
Beyond the pain
you can endure
My memory lapses
in moments freed
But fate imprisons
all I see
Escape an option, death allowed,
but only if I’m willing
To marry freedom’s hope denied
—and damn my soul’s foretelling
(Flagstaff Arizona: February, 2019)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 03, 2019
Modified on March 12, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 383 |
Words | 63 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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