Your laugh lit my soul
aflame with compassion's warmth.
When they burn'd your flesh,
I brandish'd a rage that serv'd
to set that same flame to theirs
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Standalone Poetry
PoetryBecause sometimes I feel like it. They'll probably always conform to a format because I'm not great with free verse, so I strongly encourage looking up the rules of any forms you see here and don't understand.
Tanka II
Your laugh lit my soul
aflame with compassion's warmth.
When they burn'd your flesh,
I brandish'd a rage that serv'd
to set that same flame to theirs