DROP OF RED

Richard Allen Grey 1971 (WV)



Like silk flowing, deep running red
Throughout this pain-staked land.
Cleansing this realm within my head
But forever stained are my hands.

For I am society, a wretched creature
Brought forth by the hands of time.
Created by so-called human nature
Fulfilled by your death and crime.

I dwell in the tears cried by a mother
For a son that is lost to crack.
A green-eyed altruist waiting for others
To unleash my savage attack.

So, follow me down this road I've made
Bring this hatred that i have instilled.
A life unfinished is what you have found
And a world is what you have killed!

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Written on October 10, 1994

Submitted by rickgreyate04 on April 21, 2022

Modified by rickgreyate04 on April 21, 2022

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXAX BCBC BDXD XEXE
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 587
Words 117
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

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