out of spite
I turned out the light, called it a night,
forgave out of spite and wronged the right.
I closed my eyes, whitewashed my lies,
broke my ties as the birds darkened the skies.
There were others, like my brothers,
their mothers and those that blasphemy smothers.
So, I turned out the light, Closed my eyes
and there, there were others.
Those shadows that wrap themselves transparently and soak in
Those vacant spaces devoid faces, I have uncloaked them.
-jasongentryjones (c) 2010 Ecuador
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 474 |
Words | 82 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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