Respite
Crystal G 1985
Count the evil things you’ve done,
Were they all in good fun?
Foreign to you is empathy,
Causing everyone else misery.
Times will pass, no end in sight.
When you sleep, I seek respite.
In my lonesome, I will crawl,
Away from the inevitable fall.
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Evil all around
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Written on May 02, 2024
Submitted by crystal.28478 on May 02, 2024
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Scheme | AABB XXCC |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 256 |
Words | 53 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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