Asylum - Part 1
A love derived from my lunacy
Is what I know I'm surely soon to see
For like clumsy hands to the noxious glass
I reach out, clueless, in front of me
Pierced is the flesh of the desolate one
My eyes not but closed, I am blind
That is the love of a veritable state
And also of one that's unkind
As the shards sink and puncture
Deep to the core
I once more must ignore what ails
Steadfast my thoughts
Of the heart and its cost
For which I indeed mustn't fail
The abrasion within is surely deep
Through the time I long wait I am drawn
The pangs so persist as I wish we'd exist
And it feeds even more now she's gone
The doctor tells me I will be alright
Words of comfort as he leaves down the hall
I smile to those thoughts so merrily
As I stare at the soft, padded wall
(Written on September 21-22, 2012)
© Ricky Randall
September 26, 2012
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Submitted on September 29, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AAXAXBXBCXXXXXXDXDXEAE C XC |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 812 |
Words | 168 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 22, 1, 2 |
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