The Poet
If I am the poet,
why can't I speak?
If I have a bright future,
why do I feel so bleak?
If pain is beauty,
then I must be gorgeous.
Though time lasts forever,
alone, in this fortress.
Family versus friends;
they both take and take,
so why bother in the end?
Everyone's still fake.
Time last forever,
By myself in this emptiness,
The one I created,
To shield from my pettiness.
Words burn me
They coil around my skin
I keep everyone out
I don't want to let them in
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Written on January 26, 2023
Submitted by nicky-6 on January 29, 2023
Modified on March 26, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XABA CDBD XEXE BDXD CFXF |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 467 |
Words | 111 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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