Until The Mirror Cracks
The ego of the atheist,
himself the standard bearer
Where power of a mortal mind,
inflates beyond repair
His facts he weds intensely,
dimension fencing in
What’s not explained, he must profane,
all emptiness within
Whose formulas and strictures,
his Rosary to proclaim
What can’t be solved, new facts resolve,
dismissive in his shame
The ending predetermined,
his choices lock the door
Alone, his dialectic dies
—naked to implore
(The First Book Of Prayers: January, 2022)
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Submitted by sage48 on January 02, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 484 |
Words | 88 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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