Faces Abandon Their Names
Conscience imprisons the guilty
Memory reshapes many facts
Hunches advance intuition
Insight precedes ample acts
Nuance eludes the grand circle
Shadows mask the empyreal
Substance embarks from ideas
Outcomes are tangibly real
Distance gives rise to a future
Darkness covers open sins
Nearness allows a discovery
Daylight correction begins
Highways abet transportation
Subways slither underground
Airports become comfort stations
Oceans toss ships all around
Freedom unshackles dominion
Limits exceed the worst claims
Spirits float free of their bodies
Faces abandon their names
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 558 |
| Words | 82 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
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