Don't ask what you do not want to know
Holly Flame Maxey 1976 (baltimore)
Questions revel truth that should be left unknown
Fear runs in circles; death is certain
Life is not
A search for the light; turns into a fight for life
What is life? What is the truth?
How can we appreciate life without
Feeling the hot breath of darkness
Constantly on our backs
Keeping us down
Who made us and put us here
Can free our hearts, our minds
Yet; ;where do we search?
Where do we find this being or beings
Why search; when they have always been inside?
We should focus on our commonalities
Instead of our differences
LIfe is fast in perspective
Looking back we can be more objective
Looking forward we think more of death
Try to find what was always there
I look and I look
And I find is tears, Pain & destruction
Death is priceless; Just as life
You can not have one without the other
Free me, Kill my heart
I desire nothing in life
I only want peace in death
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Submitted by jerseymaxey on February 26, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 857 |
Words | 168 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5, 1, 5, 3, 5 |
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