Bedside Vigil Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBC DEEF GHIB JKLB MNNE| Listening as your last breath hovers | A |
| the despairing exodus we all enter | B |
| of lost dreams remorse's murmur | B |
| recalling sharply an accustomed life | C |
| - | |
| Your long expected escape route | D |
| we'd all mapped out for you friends | E |
| helping trying to spot trends | E |
| perhaps to slow your last journey | F |
| - | |
| Were we to blame Was there a sign | G |
| The itch beneath that's always raw | H |
| the drying skin wrenched and sore | I |
| with the terrible ache of pleasure | B |
| - | |
| How many attempts This truly an end | J |
| How you'd have laughed to see us here | K |
| once more pandering to your lure | L |
| this was folly not your grand adventure | B |
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| And why this way the corrosive salts | M |
| that burned The damage now severe | N |
| that's stopped your voice that leer | N |
| that still belittles us your friends | E |
Roland John
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