Unsanctified Worship
Sometimes -
she looks cold, and bitter
Wearing-
the leftover robe of Winter
Like spit on the ground
Her messed up land
Makes cows frown
In December
She never smiles
Mile after mile -
Sandstone cries to Moon
To ease her pain come afternoon
Sun hears her prayers, and proclaims-
Sandstone will burn again
Sage and Cactus create abstract Maze
Coyotes shadow dance - at end of day
Stone they romance through the haze
On canyon walls time scrawls all names
Laughing howls -cut in, and out
Wind hears their calls carried far out -
Summoning pain - She's amused !
Garishly grinning-
In light of day
Turning dust devils loose
Upon them all-
Irreverent they become
Desert Squalls !
Chasing cattle in riotous fashion
Just to hear horns clang, and bones rattle
Hooves hit her unsanctified land
Unceremoniously grand !
She smiles while life bleeds
Beings though never see -
Howls, dust and water flee
Disappearing -
Often in vaporous ending
Temporary you see-
She will remain -
eternally...
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Submitted by IrishRose on January 20, 2016
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XABA XCXAXX DDEX FGFE HHXBG XXXX XXCC XII BBI X |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 984 |
Words | 167 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 3, 3, 1 |
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