BULLETS OF INNOCENCE
YELLOW GREY SKIES
CLOUDED RAINBOW AVENUES
ENCLOSED RESTRICTED VIEWS
FAR FROM THE PAST AND THE SEA
NO ECHO OF MEMORY
EMPTY DERELICT HOUSES
SEVERELY RETARDED STREETS
BROKEN WINDOWS
DAMAGED DOORS
BOARDED UP SHOP FRONTS
DECAYING ARCADES
AN ABANDONED PARADE
SHIPWRECKED
PENNILESS AND POOR
FRAGMENTS OF IMAGINATION
DREAMS OF A BETTER FUTURE
AN SUITCASE OF LOST LOVE
UNABLE TO RECOLLECT CORRECTLY
ABSTACT IMAGES OF A TORN TOWN
GUNFIRE AND CRUMBLING WALLS
CONSTANT FLAMES IN THE NIGHT SKY
DARK SPOKEN VOICES OF SMOKE
UNHEARD WORDS
ABSURD THOUGHTS
INSANE MINE
ENSHRINED BULLETS IN DECEASED SHELLS
UNATTACHED LIMBS
BLOOD STAINED FACES
TOWN FOLK DETAINED
AN HELL IN HEAVEN
SEARCHING FOR A SAFE HAVEN
CROSSING TREACHEROUS SEAS
FINDING A NEW MEANING
A LIFE OF A BRIGHT FUTURE
TODAY A NEW BEGINNING
I ASK FOR FORGIVENESS
A CHANCE TO DISPLACE MY SINS
IN LIES I AM INNOCENT
IN TRUTH I AM NOT
About this poem
INNOCENCE AND TRUTH CONFLICTED CONFLICT
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Written on March 22, 2023
Submitted by ryraynard on March 22, 2023
Modified on March 24, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAABB CXXX XXD DX EF XBXXX XXXX XXCXE EXGF GXX XX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,005 |
Words | 157 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 3, 2, 2, 5, 4, 5, 4, 3, 2 |
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