My Heart Shall Not Fade In Crying Red Rust

My Heart Shall Not Fade In Crying Red Rust I shall beat down the walls of your dungeon And smash its power into fading dust. My spirit by you will not be bludgeoned, My heart shall not fade in crying red rust! Once, I saw such goodness in your sweet soul. Those years have all vanished into the dark, Where raging waters drown love in its roll Madness of your hate shows to be so stark! I still long for that soft gentle touch With the press of those sexy luscious lips. This heart cries deep, in loving you so much Despite cut of claws on your fingertips! I can never change pains of fate and time. Yet I cry my loss in poetic rhyme! R.J. Lindley Sept 23rd, 1976 Syllables Per Line: 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 Total # Syllables: 140 Total # Lines: 17 (Including empty lines) Words with (syllables) counted programmatically: Total # Words: 116 Note- Old poem, slightly edited today to improve its form and omit sad and deeply personal messages vented at the time of its creation. Although its extra verses (altered or cut) to bring down to brevity of the sonnet form were very good, I will keep the original intact in my private writes, for my children to read only after I depart this existence.