Evil of Men
Evil in Hearts of Men
The scream upon the sands of my sorrow
drowning in a life that is now borrowed
currently forgotten for who I really am
as I am but one single solitary man.
No feathers have I to fly
amongst the angels in the sky
where heaven blends in skies so blue
under a flooding tide from the morning dew.
What cruelty I see from the hearts of the weak
Their hatred spews upon their own cheeks
Riddled in their untold lack of shame
Look to others for their blame.
Persecuted is the quiet just man devoid of fight
From evils end with no thought of sight
Without wicks for candles at night
Absent of a soul to find the light.
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Submitted on July 05, 2016
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| Scheme | XXXXX AABB XXCC DDDD |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 616 |
| Words | 124 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4, 4 |
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