Kneel to your conscience
Tonight your conscience comes calling
Last November comes knocking
(pause)
Alone in your bed except your conscience and you
time to deal with the shame
you have no one to blame
because at night
the mind takes flight
no place to hide
nowhere to seek refuge
(pause)
Time to dwell on the selfish needs
that compels you to enact those hideous deeds
To all that have been taunted
it's time to be haunted
Nobody believes you'll ever pay
for the malicious things you say
Yet what is hidden from others
sees the light
during the essence of night
The surrounding silence is gripping
and the darkness piercing
(pause)
No time to heal
to the conscience you shall kneel
So now you will remember last November
as you pray for daylight
Six am so far away
About this poem
There is no escape from a troubled conscience at night when we are alone is when our minds wander and dwell over the things we try not to think about
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Submitted by markl.65734 on February 06, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 755 |
Words | 150 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 7, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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