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Slain

Keilani

Free verse
When the universe sighs
and draws its last breath

and the sound that is silence
manifests

when conqueror and conquered
walk in lockstep

will your pulse a beat diverge
as one who claims her highest worth

not as one who slew the rest

but the shining warrior
who vanquished self

who laid together
lamb and wolf
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Written on 2019

Submitted by Keilani on October 08, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XX XX XX XX X AX AX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 323
Words 71
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2
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