Stricken
Christopher Rule 1991 (United States)
Deep in trenches of no shape and no destiny.
Softer and stranger than a fortune made sequestering.
The blessings are lessening.
Call the priests because it's looking like this may be the reckoning.
Or is it just this line of questioning?
Blame the intensity.
Isn't it little less than the decline of a century,
only now so depressing and blatantly?
Built for a break in the density.
Slithering and certain, blazing like the eyes of a serpent.
There's only one answer to the
everlastingly abhorrent,
it isn't that important.
Keepers of faith in the fallen,
Gripping and stricken, the base of the column.
Hold the course, purely dependent upon a presumption so poor.
We're not in time for the scriptures or lores.
You've forgot you and yours.
We've forgotten the keys,
but they're unlocked doors.
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Written on December 30, 2022
Submitted by Crule339 on January 19, 2023
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABBBBA AAACXCCXXXDDDD |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 831 |
Words | 155 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 14 |
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