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Innocence

clifton redmond

in this gentle purest youth
though my hands have held the truth
  the eggshell child so clear
makes my sorrow disappear
laid him there for time to grasp
but resist the lure of the asp
 blue eyes of the wildest stare
an electric wandering glare
future awaits this seed to grow
an eternal need to know
 hold like the chrysalis for safe keeping
when you spread your wings watch mother weeping

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Submitted on October 09, 2013

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABBCCDDEEFF
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 378
Words 71
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
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clifton redmond

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