Diminish
distortions of reality once mirrored in my eyes
impress through reflections of light and shadow
a translation of weightless beauty
caressed without a soul's foundation
what care I to lie in the sepulcher
when I can rest my face in the brackish slough
I am undone and prefer the slow, twisty death
my feelings naught
I am numb to my core, in my bones I am numb
and the blood does slow and thicken
and the beating in my ears dwindles to nothing
until I am not...
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Submitted on March 07, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXA XXXX XAXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 462 |
Words | 89 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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