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Shades

Pure revenge, my only thought

Nothing like my mother taught

Anger built up from so long

Proves your judgments all were wrong

I'm not as happy as I'll be

Not always the way you see

The anger hides under the skin

Always locked up deep within

Yet all at once the anger fades

Sunlight from behind the shades

Revenge wastes time that you could spend

Dancing all through time. The End.

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not bad, reminds me of skeltonic verse with it's tumbling rhymed couplet construction.

 

I don't think you need to adhere so strongly your 7/8 syllable format, but hey it works. The only really ackwardly phrased line I see is your 6th one. That and I'd consider changing "shades" to singular in you 10th line. It still rhymes that way, but there is also nothing wrong with using near-rhyme for variety. Oh yeah, and the repetition of the word "time" in the last couplet is slightly jarring.

 

all and all pretty good and entertaining. keep working on it.

 

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Edited by reverie
Posted

Shades

 

Pure revenge, my only thought

Nothing like my mother taught

Anger built up from so long

Proves your judgments all were wrong

I'm not as happy as I'll be

Don't think I'm only what you see

The anger hides under the skin

Always locked up deep within

Yet all at once the anger fades

Sunlight from behind the shades

Revenge wastes time that you could spend

Dancing through the stars. The End.

 

Thankyou Much!

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