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On a Friday

Lia Calancea 2003 (Chisinau)

On a Friday, I was crucified
By deciding to depart home
Now it’s Monday —  my soul’s breaking apart
I’m the scapegoat of sinful Salome.

On a Friday, Flagellation happened
But not on the place of the skull,
On my own tremendous ambitions,
On my desperate need for the sky.

On a Friday, I started to build,
The wings made of waxen desire,
On a Friday, I flew far away,
To be burnt alive by hellfire.

About this poem

This poem is about our own ambitions... ambitions to reach the sky, ambitions to become someone who we are not, ambitions to fly high... ambitions that can consume, burn, devour.

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Written on October 12, 2022

Submitted by Emilycalancea on November 11, 2022

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Scheme XXXX XXXX XXXX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 415
Words 85
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
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Lia Calancea

I grew up in a quiet town full of history and tragedy. Now I am in The Netherlands, about to start writing a new poem of my life. I hope it is full of passion and creativity. more…

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