Dormitory Nights
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 |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 760 |
Words | 135 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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