darkness



It is a night of dark desire, a song of darkness,
wolves vent their loneliness. The beautiful one
rises.

Night shrouds her brooding form,
an eternal wanting.

Her silken hair cascades over
pale and delicate shoulders, and her
full really very deeply crimson lips part slightly, to taste the
life streaming from the
pale flesh beneath
her
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Submitted on May 18, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXX XX AABBXA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 326
Words 57
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 2, 6

Brandon Taylor

My name is Brandon, I am 21 years old. My wife introduced me to this website because I love poetry and song writing. They are my way to express myself for I am a paranoid schizophrenic. but these are my two passions and I look forward to reading your comments and reviews ! more…

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