True Colors



Covered by cosmetic art is a tattled taint.
The true color of a heart
drizzles through thin paint.

Obscured by fantastic find is a crackled clod.
The true color of a mind
mizzles through façade.

Clouded by galactic blame is a thundered thrash.
The true color of a frame
sprinkles through fake flash.

Concealed by traumatic trace is a speckled stain.
The true color of a face
fizzles through refrain.

Shrouded by gigantic goal is a sampled size.
The true color of a soul
sizzles through disguise.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXA AXX BXB CXC DXD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 482
Words 87
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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