Helen





 The soldiers...the Ships and the Women in particular
 have no idea on how to give commands.

 Arranged in a way it couldn't be worse
 it seems strange to them that despite all that
 they have acted so sincerely.

 After the ceremonial extinguishing of the Fires
 and the fall of bodies into Hell
 someone was found
 who had given them the order
 that there was no longer any need to act.

 So as you see
 the war has ended
 and now the autobiographies have to be written
 which to be as complete as possible
 it was decreed they should be confessions
 having as their narrative key
 presumptuousness and command.

 The poeticism of the Gods, however,
 which would have been able to cover up the WorldÕs scandals
 went up in flames along with the Cities.

 And while writing they recall for yet another time
 these Cities alive...
 and the People too...

 with the past of which
 all the Recollections have an unavoidable
                                           and mortal bond
 and end their confession in that way...
 that it would always remain a revolting Nightmare
 and the way they had been betrayed would never be able
 to be transformed into a Fairy-Tale.
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Submitted on March 07, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AX XXB XXXAX BXXCXBX AXX XXX XCXXXCX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,138
Words 197
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 3, 5, 7, 3, 3, 7

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