Analysis of Lighthouse amongst my storm



Suicidal, cancerous, divorced with broken dreams
Infectious thoughts of darkness, drowning
Life plagued by the most painful extremes

Relief, remedies, antidotes, can’t find a cure
To quiet the madness inside me
And brand myself pure

Night by night and hour after hour
Mares bring me deep, into depths and unto grips
Clawing for sanity brings bloody fingers and bloody knuckles
Last breathe, so close, it sweeps across my lips

One more step to leaning over, ledge do I look
Hesitation, inspiration, impressions of light
Flickers of flame into strange emotions bewildering
Then legions of Angels softly singing “Don’t give up the fight”

Heart accepting resolution, now no longer bleeding or begging
Reversing eyes, gaze skyward to be Heavenly bound
Jesus Christ, the lighthouse amongst the storm
Safety of The Savior have I finally found


Scheme ABA CXC XDXD XEBE BFXF
Poetic Form
Metre 010100011101 010111010 111011001 0110011101 110010011 0111 1110101010 11110110101 1011001101001010 1111110111 111110101111 01001001011 10110110100100 110110101011101 1010010111010110 0101110111001 101010101 101010111001
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 826
Words 134
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 38
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 137
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Nighttiger

A fortyish native born all American man. Married twice and for the last time. I have four children; Three daughters and one son that are all over the age of eighteen. I also have two grandchildren; one three years old and one nine months old. Inspired by God, tragedy, life's experiences and then a fairy tale love. I never intentionally set out to write poetry, but "She" inspired me. "She" meaning the love of my life. That love is a passion that after thirteen years still grows stronger each and every day. It eventually had to be put into writing. As I wrote poetry to her, she encouraged me to approach other subjects. Doing so brought me to discover that poetry could wash away the bitter tastes of life (suicide, cancer, and divorce) that were still living like demons inside me. So when poetic therapy brought those impish fiends to a stalemate, I began to experiment more. Creating fictional characters and situations within my works. The support of this online community has inspired me even further to continue to hone my writing skills giving the readers the best that I can offer. Thanks to all you out there in Lulu land. more…

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