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Leaving The Flock

Kurt Philip Behm

To understand
deeply
the one to the many

Salvation
unquestioned
the weakest in need

Your heart always
truest
when starting the journey

The sheep
that’s been lost
— where humanity bleeds

(The New Room: February, 2024)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 05, 2024

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Scheme XAA XXX XXA XXX A
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 226
Words 41
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 1
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