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The Darkness

Ronald Maynard

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John gets in trouble,
John is punished,
help him,  Lord not to
die,

his parents follow the dark
one,  he pays the price,
don't know how much more
he can take,

scarred by many years of the
whip, yet, soon, Lord,  he is going
to give,  careful mad parents,
you are messing with a creature
that is about to change.

About this poem

This is a poem about a story I have been toying with for years. I just have not gotten the pieces locked in place.

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Written on May 23, 2022

Submitted by ronm.95906 on May 23, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme XXXX XXXX XXXXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 325
Words 74
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 5
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