Draining Our Spirits
Like an open wound
That won’t heal
The current political situation
Bleeds out…
A hemorrhaged polarization
Inside a malignancy of lies
Draining our spirits
—of all life giving faith
(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2016)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on June 08, 2019
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 220 |
Words | 33 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 1 |
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