Restrain
It's just but a fear that saves; a holy inaction.
Folded fists without a punch, a forgiveness.
A no tune from all the raging thoughts, a sage.
That is favourable when regret compares.
A second thought of a heavy breathing warrior
When a clinged sword sees nothing off the shield.
A word that would have caused blood bath;
A tongue that would brought kings prowling;
A move that would waken a lion;
A hunt that would have created homeless;
All through restrain has a man won.
A man who has suffered regrets
Is one who deafed the noble restrain.
It's all about taming thine boasting beast.
Alluring lures lifted by unfavourable ruling.
Do not dare make a comparison of meaning
Between restrain and the act to do nothing;
The latter is the shell for all the inactions
That left a prince begging for freedom.
But a king could postpone a battle.
It's all about becoming strict and holding back,
Weighing the bag and predicting the profits.
It's all about running off a fight when it isn't time,
knowing time to hate or love in words and in face.
Have you seen a hitman work away
Down the track of a new district
Refusing to show his strength, none at all,
To a Lad who ran an errand for lewd lord ?
Such is restrain, a waiting for a time so ripe.
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Written on February 02, 2024
Submitted by chukwuebuka.nworie.pg95258 on February 02, 2024
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,256 |
Words | 260 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5 |
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