SUPRESSED MEMORIES
IT IS SO CLOSE
AND GETTING CLOSER...
IT IS CLOSING IN ON ME
IT IS JUST A FLASH
AND IN AN INSTANT
JUST A FADED MEMORY
IT THREATENS MY EXISTENCE
IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME
IT LURKS AT EVERY DARK CORNER
IN THE BACK OF MY MIND
I DON'T WANT TO REMEMBER
WHAT I CAN'T SEEM TO FORGET
THE MEMORIES THEY LINGER
AND THEY ARE MESSING WITH MY HEAD
I HAVE QUESTIONS THAT NEED ANSWERS
THAT I DON'T WANT TO FIND
THE SECRETS ARE TAUNTING ME
THEY ARE LEADING THE BLIND
MY SOUL JUST KEEPS SEARCHING
IT WANTS TO FINALLY BE FREE
BUT I JUST KEEP RUNNING
BECAUSE THE SCARS RUN TOO DEEP
LOOKING INTO THE MIRROR
ALL THAT I CAN SEE
IS MY OWN WORST ENEMY
STARING BACK AT ME
IT IS WEILDING ITS WEAPON
I AM COMING FOR ME
I AM BETRAYED
BY MY OWN MEMORIES
About this poem
IT IS ABOUT THE MEMORIES THAT LINGER BENEATH THE SURFACE THAT IF REMEMBERED WOULD SHATTER YOUR LIFE...BUT ARE AFFECTING YOU ANYWAY EVEN IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER THEM
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Written on February 22, 2022
Submitted by RRITCHIE143 on January 10, 2024
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Scheme | ABCDECFGBHBIBJKHCHLCLMBCCCNCOP |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 726 |
Words | 152 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 30 |
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