Twenty-one...Today
Beauty is asleep
innocence is dead
grace passe—
ego
rules
Situation
Ethics
Eternal values
of yesteryear—
cast upon
winds of
change
Give & Take
Fascination held
in passion's grip
may kindle
one-track
minds
Capitivation held
in ardour's grasp
will secrete
selfless
love.
NOTE: Diminished
Hexaverse
A poem containing
stanzas of 5 lines, then 4 lines, then 3 lines, then 2 lines,
ending with one word. The syllables in each stanza correspond to
the number of lines, i.e. 5 in each line in the first stanza, 4
in the second stanza and so on. This form may contain more than
five stanzas.
