The Curse
Into this night I walk alone
Moving from shadow into light,
From pathway to road I wander
Each day merging into dark night.
Hiding in darkness is my skill
Wanting nothing but to find my prey,
But to quench this burning thirst
I would to their lord god bow and pray.
The more I prowl this cold wicked world
The hunger leads me to a place unknown,
A place that my kind call damnation
While to others it's a place less better known.
Through ignorance they call it a fatal disease
Of compassion it is known as simple death,
For me and my kind the thirst is our curse
And shall never end until our last dying breath.
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Submitted on July 04, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | ABCBDEFEGAHAIJKJ |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 596 |
| Words | 118 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
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