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Innocent victim of love and lust

Tommy L. Maddox 1972 (North Carolina)

A heart stands alone,
stuck between the battle of love and lust.
Love is powerful,
but lust is seductive.

Run heart, run.

For the two will always fight,
and only one will win.
Dragging you down into hell's abyss,
or filling your heart with happiness.

Stay neutral and stay pure.
Save yourself.

For God is the only one you can truly trust.

About this poem

Give into desire or seek to end the loneliness. The single person's ever-lasting battle.

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Written on April 22, 2023

Submitted by tmaddox3 on April 22, 2023

Modified on April 22, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXX X XXXX XX A
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 342
Words 77
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 1, 4, 2, 1
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Tommy L. Maddox

Tommy L. Maddox has traveled the world and seen many wonderful and horrible things. Cursed by demons and been blessed by angels. During a time when he was at a loss for what life was to be about his heart opened up and poetry flowed forth. From there came songs and the need to fill himself with more knowledge of the world. A path that has lead to history, theology, religion, philosophy and the discovery that his ancestors were famous musicians from King George of France and the Queen Elizabeth the 1st to the first musician to hold the title of Master of the Kings Music. (Nicholas "The Younger" Lanier.) All the way forward in time to "A Street Car Named Desire." There are many other aspects from which he came from and has created his own path which continues to develop as he moves forward. more…

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