Wasteland



I tread a barren wasteland,

where all i see is the outline of a civilization made by man.

creatures offer me help,

but i push them away in fear of being accepted into their tribe

only to be made into a sacrifice.

i sip poisoned waters

with a goal to survive

but also with a hope to tak my broken wings and fly

to an oasis i may only tread when I die.
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Submitted by envytheog on May 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X X X X X X X A A
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 359
Words 86
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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