Heart of stone
To lessen my own
The pride, messages scripted upon the wall
Trickling down it never dries
And still... a heart of stone
Query eyes, with
Impartial passions, weary
To modern fashions of a model life
And still... a heart of stone
A man, struck by falling stars
So ever willingly to sin than atone
Faithfully accepting to the lie
And still... a heart of stone
It was all a masquerade, superficial from the start
Nothing more than a cheap facade
A plastic mask under cast to surreal, and I realize
That still, you will always be... a heart of stone
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | axbA xxxA xaxA xxba |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 529 |
Words | 100 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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