an innocent mind:
a fragile pink thing
grips a baby heart
within its soft folds,
shyly playing with
threads of woven gold
beating in fervor
with a life untold...
there is not a room
for tough wickedness
wonder breaks apart
momentary gloom
naivete breeze in
swaying rosy blooms
heart stands tall and bold
to this day, unsold...
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©AmaliaAbbar17122018
Octameter, created by Shelley A. Cephas, is a poem made up of 16 lines divided into two stanzas of 8 lines each. Each line has a syllable count of 5. The set rhyme scheme is: a/b/c/d/e/d/f/d g/h/c/g/i/g/d/d.
Source: shadowpoetry.com
Written for Poet of the Year Contest
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