out of spite



I turned out the light, called it a night,
forgave out of spite and wronged the right.

I closed my eyes, whitewashed my lies,
broke my ties as the birds darkened the skies.

There were others, like my brothers,
their mothers and those that blasphemy smothers.

So, I turned out the light, Closed my eyes
and there, there were others.

Those shadows that wrap themselves transparently and soak in
Those vacant spaces devoid faces, I have uncloaked them.

-jasongentryjones (c) 2010 Ecuador
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA BB CC BC XX X
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 474
Words 82
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1

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