Speechless to the End
Speechless to the End
I cannot speak
for words that are not clear
as a wasteland of misery
comes ever near
It rides on the winds
carried in a basket of hell
from the stream of a river
where nothing dwells
It is the evil that chills
all hearts and bones
that cast no life
on boulders or stones
Yet
from this river
of murk and reed
the demon comes to fill his needs
He feeds upon the vale
of mindless ones
leaving a dale
under a scorched burning sun
You cannot fight
what you cannot see
in a godless land
that hears no plea
We have become the makers
of our own demise
it should not come
as any surprise
Now we will remain speechless
to the very end
as we have cast our own shadow
with no hope to defend
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Submitted on July 05, 2016
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| Characters | 669 |
| Words | 142 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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