The Liberty Dance
The Liberty Dance
The last dance of air..
It bathed my brow
With a cotton light brush
Pushed back my hair
Out beyond the crown
Out, out, it danced free
In the changing breeze,
Tugging my eyelids shut,
Teasing tiny hairs to sway.
Gather dust from
The blast of killing gas
Cracking my cheek
Over bursting bone
Then sheer utter
Darkness from the bang
Snapping against
The wall behind
A height that hangs tall
Over another head
As I fall for my liberty
Worthless and dead!
About this poem
Deciding to participate in war, to defend what you have been told , is that necessarily the "right thing to do"? Maybe so. But when you are killed you are dead - no use to anyone. My poem asks a question about the wars for Irish unity throughout the generations
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Written on July 06, 2021
Submitted by colinlwilson on May 16, 2023
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| Scheme | X AXXAXBXXX XXXXXXXX XCBC |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 482 |
| Words | 102 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 9, 8, 4 |
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