Never Surrender
Loneliness awaits me like a good host.
Folded me into its dreadful embrace.
Kiss my cheek with its ice cold lips,
Its breath froze my heart in its painful state.
Death beckoned a tempting finger,
promising peace...of painless slumber.
I paused between agonized breathings
and declined death biddings.
For I still have a fight to battle,
and I intend to triumph, not surrender.
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Submitted on November 25, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XAXX BBAA XB |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 367 |
Words | 64 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 2 |
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