Wish I was dead
Melissa L Maxwell 1988 (Camden New Jersey)
I dream about being away
I dream of another life
I dream of being someone else
Not just someone, somebody
I never really thought about what I wanted out of this life but
But now
I wish I was dead.
I feel like an imposter
Am I real?
I don’t think so.
There is little in this world that is real
Everything around me only exists because that’s how my brain perceives it
Now I’m at the edge
I’m looking out
Looking for a third option
There isn’t one I can perceive
I wish I was dead
About this poem
A poem about death
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Written on April 09, 2025
Submitted by maxwellm694 on April 09, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | x x x x x A x b x b x x x x x A |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 515 |
Words | 126 |
Stanzas | 16 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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