the sound of your cries awaken
a heart that is not yet taken
it unties an old knot held tight
in oceanic depths of mind
sorrows of human heart are blind
ignorant what is wrong and right
the pain in your words undo guilt
made out of salty silver silt
trickling from eyes, they fill the nights...
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©AmaliaAbbar24122018
The Nove Otto poetry form was created by Scott J. Alcorn. It is a nine-lined poem with 8 syllables per line (isosyllabic). The rhyme scheme is as follows: aacbbcddc.
Source: shadowpoetry.com
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Paper Wings
PoetryIn a blink, paper wings from before and after join their hands-- to carry me off, to carry me away; to a country, where happiness is the medium; to a country, where tears are taboo; to a country, with one season. A season dictated by Paper Wings...
