Battered Angels
A second splits its personality,
enthusiasm blows a violent wind
across the laughs of society's bliss -
an emotional creativity
grasps at sorrow's self-imagery; refined
expectation within folds of a kiss.
Turbulent vehemence; easily stirred
in visions of loneliness that linger
on the edge of insanity's promise,
dark reflections are silently mirrored
as thoughts explode with fervour, wild cancer;
bars buckle and splinter the vast conscious.
And in a fraction's theory of wisdom
soft breath inhales estranged notions with love;
a dimensional free spirit which soothes,
while quiet nerves explore the bright phantom
flickering complexity's sighs above
tears of release in the broken world's truths.
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Submitted on September 20, 2010
Modified on April 24, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCABC DEFDEF GHXGHX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 682 |
Words | 105 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
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