THE ANSWER TO DIOGENES
The drums of war do sound again,
Anew the battle roars;
The conflict for man’s soul begins,
Again, the blood-lust soars.
The choice, made over and over again,
Without finality;
The crossroads between self esteem,
And immorality.
Observe the heart withstanding blows,
Directed at the soul;
Observe the mighty spirit, men,
Discarding the false goal.
All hands to deck, the storm’s thick,
Directions have lost sense;
The blacks and whites no longer clear,
The grays are just pretense.
And still, the light can shine on through,
If the battle cry can;
Be coined, and interpreted as,
“I am, in fact, a man.”
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Submitted by SandeepK on July 15, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | A B X B A X X C A C X D X D X E X E |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 591 |
| Words | 103 |
| Stanzas | 18 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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