Shelter From The Storm
We are the innocent
some are the damned
When will we ever understand
The storms outside are brewing
Do you know what you are doing
To close out the noise from inside
We hide behind the false garb of compromise
Shelter lies dormant onto it's beckoning call
To look deep into the mind of the poet
A challenge to be free is a question of time
some come in quick right on the scene
others contemplate an evil scheme
Learn from your mistakes that you have treasured
Be brave enough to share with your neighbor
others are heading toward disaster
The casualties are enormous
For a stated cause that's atrocious
Send the troops home
No good reason for them to roam
Merciful one come take this chip off my shoulder
Give me shelter from the storm
some curse the day they were actually born
To never relent to give up the fight
hearts there bleeding in the night
There are perilous times
We have settled for ill faded rhymes
Let us bask in the vast array of love
Nestled in the fragrance from above
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Submitted by hitalot on March 13, 2017
Modified on April 12, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXA AXXX XXXX XBBC CDDB XXEE FFGG |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 960 |
Words | 184 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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