Dizzy Heights
Tattered wisps from the mind's sanctuary
slip across breath; released with bitter cold
visions of her final moments of life ~
ghosts of remembrance scatter as I scream
through corridors of casual anguish.
Escape's a luxury I can't afford,
the price of love took its toll on madness,
heartache scratches eyes as each dawn screeches
through dark self-pity; adventures wandered.
Such beauty, ambition lingered on curves;
wasted inside wild drunken escapades,
feathers were not attached to her laughter
as she spiralled down towards the earth's grin,
a dream's promised wings abandoned her plight.
A head full of smoke collected broken
aspirations while another roach supped
nicotine into the last survival
instinct possessed by inner demons; gods.
And here are the consequences of life,
to be awake whilst wishing for death's kiss
as sleep sits in corners and unravels
threads of wet speculation; coloured balls
that spin sanity towards dizzy heights.
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Submitted on September 22, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XABXX XXXX XXXXX XAXX BXXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 926 |
Words | 150 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 5, 4, 5 |
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