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

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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
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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