Prayers sent
Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)
Prayers sent
With some slim hope
they will be read By the almighty
carried in the wind Adrift,
Forsaken spirits calling out
a heavenly hope A single leaf
falling upon the wind
So many free their minds
of their worldly cares
Reading signs
of a heavenly design
in hopes of armadas
of free souls
To open their minds
in search of heavens respite
From the countless towers in godless temples
Sacrificial altars springing up like fast food joints
To catch free spirits of youths
being led to slaughter
By the purveyors
who play/pray/prey
Only for the sake of material ends
On a show which never seems to end
Faithless servants too proud to defend
A ghost ship derelict adrift, alone
As the fear
of god’s wrath
Litters the desolate landscape of lost souls
Brings visions of a bad place of no love
Of a private room in hell
With the heavy presence
of fire and brimstone
In the air
as hopes and prayers
Are released
bound for heaven
Even though those who survive
May never truly find the answer
Too blind to see truth
even when it’s right before their eyes
C2
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Written on 2020
Submitted by Charles2 on September 22, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,134 |
Words | 253 |
Stanzas | 22 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1 |
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