My Mind's Toil
Shameful is heaven’s granting of this ghastly life,
For its form exists both meager and weak,
And the verve I perceive with transient sight,
Fades as forth falling time does for my casualty seek.
I was birthed from reality’s callous mystique,
That loathsome abyss from which all things be lifted,
And so my mind will always compel the bright back to bleak,
Unless I am rocked back to sleep by this dream life gifted.
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Written on May 02, 2023
Submitted by Hardenburg on May 02, 2023
Modified on May 03, 2023
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Scheme | XAXA ABAB |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 428 |
Words | 83 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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