The remnants
a Kingdom lost in time of old
with walls of crumbling stone,
with dusty thrones engraved with gold
and roses overgrown.
Voices echo through a room,
of long ago a memory,
a house of life is now a tomb,
a place now filled with mystery.
The dust a veil spread over all,
the breath of sadness lain,
reach even to the towers tall,
for ages so remain.
Fragments of a broken dream
lay scattered on the floor,
some pieces still in beauty gleam
but dead forever more.
a Grave of silence in the night
where footprints left behind
a dream which died in glowing light
now lay there to remind.
a Tattered curtain hung beside
a windows broken glass
reveal the remnants and the died
of everything that was.
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KXKX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 668 |
Words | 129 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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