Dormitory Nights

Enos Whiteye 1945 (Walpole Island)



              Dormitory Nights

Lonely are these frightening spaces
Dark and dreary, evil places
Babes of innocence and gentle ages
Soon are gone as pedophilia rages

Silence cut deep by unmuffled wailing
Guiltless progeny asleep yet waiting
Upon them leapt the dauntless rout
The child fights to no account

Tears and sweat are the boy's reward
For having  fought to no accord
The bigger foe filled with lust
He penetrates the boy's sacred trust

Tho' the child no longer weeps
He's still afraid and longs for sleep
The stillness of the dorm's dark chamber
Tis again roughed by cries of pain and anger

Time stood still for students yearning
For release from this unclean dreaming
Tears still fall from rustic faces
Yet still move with youthful graces.

About this poem

It's about the raping by priests, of little children locked in to residential schools in Canada.

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Submitted by budwhiteye on April 16, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAAB CCXX DDEE XXFF CCAB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 760
Words 135
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

Enos Whiteye

Born at Walpole Island, Ontario, Canada 1945 Graduated from University of Western Ontario (1982) Joined the US Marines at age eighteen and served four years. Retired from journalism in 2010 Currently living with my daughter in Sarnia, Ontario Canada. more…

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