The silent cries of that little face,
The quiet screams and unsaid goodbyes.
Don't you hear his voice, won't you embrace
the silent cries?
Remember your groans, and moans, and sighs?
Lying on a bed of come-what-mays,
You thought you were smart, ever so wise.
His small body ebbed without a trace,
You have sent him straight to paradise,
But now you regret it, now you chase
the silent cries.
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A roundel consists of nine lines each having the same number of syllables, plus a refrain after the third line and after the last line. The refrain must be identical with the beginning of the first line: it may be a half-line, and rhymes with the second line. It has three stanzas and its rhyme scheme is as follows: A B A R ; B A B ; A B A R ; where R is the refrain.
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