Infinite Voices

Mary Helen Trujillo 1987 (Colorado)



Deep within a hidden cave
Lives an old man
An ancient slave
He digs all day
And builds all night
Determined to construct a burial site:
An endless coffin for life
An immortal grave for death
And a confined cemetery of souls
Whose voices unsoundingly whisper:
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Submitted by mtrujillo7587 on December 16, 2021

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Scheme ABACDDEFGHI
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 274
Words 57
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 11

Mary Helen Trujillo

Mary Helen Trujillo was born April 16, 1987, in Denver CO. She is a long-time writer and lyricist, recently published. Though she wears many hats, having gone to school for automotive technology, being an emergency medical dispatcher for over a decade, a mother, daughter, friend and wife, her love for writing and healing through poetry remains strong and deeply rooted. It is in her writing that she finds peace from the busy world and invites everyone to share in her words of love, heartbreak, resilience, tragedy and chaos. more…

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