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Ash Colored Glasses

Robert Joseph 1980 (USA)

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Obliterated by the explosion
Unreserved in my contempt
Lest I hold it in
And blow up within

Gray foggy atmosphere consumes all I hold dear
But like a warrior dying with honor,
I shall not fear

Blue rays and a purple haze
Radioactive and dangerous to touch
Given all that has become me
My mutant legacy will have to burn

Burn into a forgettable pile of ashes,
Otherwise I'd be viewed
Through unflattering glasses
And I wouldn’t blame you if you ran

How could any put-together man
Understand someone like myself,
When  not even I can?

About this poem

This is a poem about the trauma experienced in childhood, as far back as can be remembered; and the devastating results that occurred from the PTSD associated with it as an adults.

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Written on July 11, 2005

Submitted on February 14, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme XXAA BXB XXXX CXCD DXD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 539
Words 103
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 3, 4, 4, 3
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