In Perpetuum



It is not a desire
But a disease...
Mental and physical.
It is not a longing
But a lust
For life that is dying...already.
No human who desires of peace
And quiet living in God's earth
Is worthy of living in God's Heaven
After death...with the disease.
When a husband or a wife lusts
And engages in double dealing and timing,
And in perfidy and flimflam,
The covenant of marriage becomes
A mockery that already, it is dead...
Forevermore.
What it is, is not what really brings
A man and woman together--for life.
What it is, is not love...
In perpetuum.
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEEFGHBBDIJKALMNI
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 533
Words 103
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20

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