Oscar's Ballad
Perhaps I was never meant
to show tenderness.
Never able to speak
anything less deadly
than a sword.
Even as I try,
am I doomed to repeat
ancient mistakes?
Perhaps. And, if so,
I deserve the darkness
of my self-built cell,
where, at least, the
Moon need not fear,
that, if it shine on me,
it will cast
a shadow too deep,
and I tear its light,
exhaust its beauty.
© Simon J Ashcroft, 2025
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