Rhymes for the dead / In memorial
Rhymes for the dead / In memorial
The sky is bright.
My soul is blue.
There’s only darkness
For me and you.
We fell apart.
We were so strong.
We always wanted
To be left alone.
We will come back
And raise our flag,
The flies all poisoned
With our sacrifice.
The night seems endless
Behind the polar.
We watch the sky
and count our lives.
Our bodies rot,
Death in the air.
All maggots gather -
Feast for the dead.
The ground is cold
Soaked with pus
Worms made a circle
They wait for us.
Oh, where have we taken the wrong turn? Got lost in the ocean dark and quiet, left wandering inside the blue giant.
Is this the end? Did we pack our tools?
Our time was so short.
I wanted to hold your hand
Until the end of the world.
You were my best friend,
You hurt me so,
I made you dig your grave and called the parasites.
About this poem
Inner conflict. The poem is in fact the inner conversation the author (character) is having with themselves. It’s about nostalgic memories, burnout, love for life and the journey of a soul. Can be also considered the last letter to the loved one, themselves.
Submitted by l.palyutina on September 30, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | A XBCB XXXX XXXX CDXX XXDX XCAC X XXXXXX X |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 826 |
Words | 195 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 6, 1 |
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