Why
Why do you cast yourselves down,
Eyes of my most loved soul,
In the clarity of my fleshly heart?
I look to you always,
Cry out to you even,
Throughout most radiant days
Bordering the anticipation of dusk.
I spy your purest tears
Shining through the shadows of your face
To reveal the light of truest compassion.
I would that they stay forever.
Never could I know love without them.
About this poem
This poem, which I had written in February 2024, is a short soliloquy concerning my dealing with depression while I struggle to reintegrate to society after years of incarceration.
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Written on February 01, 2024
Submitted by thornebelee on March 22, 2024
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| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 381 |
| Words | 78 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
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