Trochaic I

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 He escap'd the judging eyes of people,

each who further'd their unique agendas

at the cost of threat'ning co-existence

which he saw now was impossible, so

opening himself to midnight's gaze and

looking for a purpose by the starlight's

guiding leadership he found inside his

heart a fire raging hot with hatred's

glow, discovering the arc on which his

character would travel wouldn't be the

sort he'd wish revealed to his fam'ly,

friends, or others of his peers—destroying

last of hope for his redeeming story,

causing him to close again to th'world

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