Black and White



You never had a choice
 You get carried by the wind
 Because the streets where you grew up
 Forced a life of compromise
 So what's clear as black and white
 Appears gray before your eyes

 And so your soft erotic look
 As you undressed by the moonlight
 Was neither bad or good
 Was neither wrong or right

 I worked harder than most
 I've lived a life of sacrifice
 And what most considered luck
 I've known as God's own hand
 So it was clear as black and white
 That even this was in His plan

 And I fought against God's voice
 Because I knew He'd forgive me
 And when put before His test
 I failed preemptively

 Your husband was my friend
 And you were his treasure
 Still, we betrayed without regret
 As we hid by the shadows
 And it is clear as black and white
 The innocent fill the gallows

 And these eyes with wild passion
 And these hands that cup your breasts
 And this heart that serves its God
 They're all evil without depth
 For these eyes see only red
 These hands are drenched in blood
 And this heart hungers for flesh
 All in the name of love…Love?
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Submitted on September 06, 2015

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,033
Words 198
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 6, 4, 6, 4, 6, 8

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