Angel Tears



Raindrops are angel tears that fall from heaven's lair.
Rainbows are the ribbons that fall into their hair.

Skeletons are brittle that fall with fragile bones.
Firm muscles are drooping that fall with lesser hones.

Lightning strikes are the cuts that fall by lancet hoes.
Thunderbolts are the hits that fall by mallet blows.

Conceits are toplofty that fall like decks of cards.
Snobberies are rudeness that fall like minstrel bards.

Hurricanes are rages that fall down in surprise.
Simooms are insurgents that fall down in disguise.

Sweethearts are heartthrobs that fall in love full sway.
Passions are for lovers that fall in every way.

Wildfires are infernos that fall upon their prey.
Conflagrations are brutes that fall upon their lay.

Physics is the canvas on which God strokes the call:
"Gravity brings it down and everything must fall."
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AA BB CC XB DD EE EE FF
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 828
Words 140
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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