At Home in Darkness
The empty streets are home to me, a spouse
to deep darkness, that’s aware of my name.
From street to lane, from the bar to her house
I know the chill, the blind walls all the same.
And rightly so you’ll loath me with the blame
of hiding there. I did create this sham
I am not he, you like to think I am;
I gather loss, keep circling like a fish.
Now let me go, I won’t fit in with them,
I’ll pull you down, deserve to live like this.
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Submitted by ludy_b on December 14, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 441 |
Words | 96 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
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