The Devil's Fiddle
Signs that might be seen as omens
send me on my way
the daylight waning for today
and luck still virgin on display
flying close to danger’s coven
The wind blows fortune’s empty cast
as trackless dreams setout
dispelling hope and bringing doubt
without a name to even tout
caught within tomorrows fast
I see each warning clearly now
they speak much like a friend
whose words as tokens try to bend
rushing blindly toward the end
captured voices left to bow
Those signs that led me all point down
the road is changing fast
no clear distinction first from last
my future damned to be my past
— the devils fiddle calling loud
(Saint David’s Pennsylvania: February, 2024)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 08, 2024
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 679 |
Words | 124 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 1 |
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