The Journey of a Tear
Joanne McKay 1955 (BC)
His eyes stared at nothing
Arms clenched over his chest
Pain ate at his soul
Totally bereft
Buckling knees he fell to the ground
Squeezing eyes to still the horror
Unmentionable things once bravely met
Too much too long it took its toll
Then out of the anguish
There spilled out a tear
It slid down the lines
Formed by years full of fear
Like a slow motion movie
It inched down his cheek
Hung bravely exposed
On his lip quivering
With a shuttering shake
It cascaded through space
Full of the things
That cannot be erased
In a dramatic explosion
It struck the dust
And became millions of droplets
To rain down on us
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Submitted by Burtonbit on May 10, 2021
Modified on March 28, 2023
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| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 595 |
| Words | 115 |
| Stanzas | 23 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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