It Became Our Story Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFFG HIJKCL| Like a fable that never left the table were the | A |
| Words of the prophet | B |
| Swiftly slowly it became our story | C |
| - | |
| That night hope betrayed us | D |
| Love stole our smile and smeared us with the balm of grief | E |
| Shame became our sole companion | F |
| We trudged along the wilderness of oblivion | F |
| Into the gloom of dawn | G |
| - | |
| With severed tongue we sang the song of pain | H |
| And danced the beat of fear | I |
| This story our story became etched in our minds | J |
| With faint hands we will hone the sword of truth | K |
| Upon the gravestone of history | C |
| Beyond the sands of time | L |
Gerald Onyebuchi
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