Fallen angels
let the angels cry for me
the gate is open but I stay
in the corner of my earthen cage
I'm locked away and all these
twisted screws inside my head
keep taunting me
"why me?"
i fold my wings
and cross my heart
hoping to fall
i shake the muddy bars wishfully
maybe i'll get buried alive
the gate has always been open
but i've stayed
in the corner of this cage
I keep myself gasping
my body begging for air
i'm hardly breathing
my lungs are on fire
asphyxiation of my soul
life taking its toll
i hope my peers will sing for me
as my cage sinks even deeper
below their feet
and as my siblings droop their wings
i scream to let the angels cry for me
i have twisted screws inside my head
i found they got there by my own hands
it is hard to breathe now
it pains to cry
life taking inventory
will they sing for me?
is it too late to save
what's already fallen?
can I ever fly again?
asphyxiation of my soul
my wings are blackened with dirt
no one told me life on earth
was filled with so much love
and so much damn hurt
is it too late to undo, what fate has caused upon us?
"is it too late to be saved?
i know i have already fallen!"
"please absolve me"
"i'm terrified!" i rattle the bars
and i scream "let the angels cry for me"
the gate is open but i stay
in the corner of my earthen cage
i shake the muddy bars
begging for what's left
as my cage sinks deeper
into the depths of despair
asphyxiation of my soul
my wings are covered
blackened by dirt
it hurts to exist
it hurts to grieve
my soul is now indisposed
could you forgive me, please?
I'm on my knees
will the angels cry for me?
will they forgive me?
will they ever love me?
the gate is open but I stay in the corner
of my earthen cage
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Written on September 16, 2021
Submitted by shatteredhearts. on September 29, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | aBC dea fxx axg xch ihjK kaj xfa exxx aax gxK lxxl xxg ama BCmx jiK xlxxbdd aaa jc |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,707 |
Words | 376 |
Stanzas | 19 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 7, 3, 2 |
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