Red Poppies
And the red poppies lie withering on my casket. A day you thought you'd never see.
See I lived my life like the death of tomorrow.
Writing for my king to take my sorrow.
I breathed pale and stagnant air,
While my heart lie withering in my chest.
Pumping to the beat of helpless lies.
I seen things that other people couldn't.
Like cancer in an unborn child.
And the hare building inside an anarchist Hitler wanna-be.
I loathed the sweet words people said to me,
Trying to sway me into their hatred arms.
I caught everyone red handed
The covets of christians are unknown to me.
Unknown to you.
I claim not unto God,
but unto me.
I am counter.
I covet.
When I am gone, I'll still be with you all.
Never seeing, but still knowing.
While the red poppies lie withering on my casket.
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Submitted on July 29, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | A B B XXX XXA AX X AXXAXC XX C |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 757 |
Words | 147 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 2, 1, 6, 2, 1 |
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