Mercy
How long must I fail?
How much love must I love?
How long must pain endure?
How long before I can choose?
Before I am eligible for mercy.
How many battles fought and lost?
How long must my memories cry?
How long must the screaming last?
How many years of death do I die?
Before I am eligible for mercy.
How much darkers will the darkness get?
How empty will my soul become?
How much more useless clutter in my life?
How will I remember singing sung?
Before I am eligible for mercy.
Again, my heart thirsts.
Again, there is no light.
Again, emptiness is routine.
Again, I exist only in the night.
How long before the mercy?
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Submitted on April 11, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | xxxaB xcxcB xxxxB adxdb |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 603 |
Words | 118 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
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