The First Stone
I watch in horror
as the first stone
makes its bloody contact.
I watch in horror
a volley of others,
inward anger turned outward.
I watch in horror.
Crumpled, crying on the concrete,
another victim of another's voice.
I watch in horror
writhing in wretched revulsion,
drawn to death in others.
I watch in horror.
I look to see
whose sinful hand cast that first stone?
I watch in horror.
It is my own.
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Submitted on March 24, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AbcAdeAfgAhdAibAb |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 384 |
Words | 74 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
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