Analysis of An addict mother.
Broken, tired, I really can't explain,
The voices in my head. Am I going insane?
I'm drowning, sinking, can't reach the top.
I just want it to end now, please let it stop.
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thesaurus to find a synonym.---#---I'm exhausted, I'm aching, I really can't cope,---#---Furthermore, I#Likewise, I#Not only that, but I---#---I" style="background-color: rgb(201, 205, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">I'm exhausted, I'm aching, I really can't cope,
I've given up thinking you'll change. There's really no hope.
I don't expect you to understand what you've done to us all,
You broke me, betrayed me, lied and then watched me fall.
It started when I was nine, I'm now over twenty,
The opportunities you've had. You've been given plenty.
The poison it's gripped you, and you won't fight back.
You don't want your family, you want heroin and crack.
You want to sit in these drug dens and play with the rats.
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thesaurus to find a synonym.---#---You don't want to have a home, it's reallyas simple as that.---#---Furthermore, you#Likewise, you#Not only that, but you---#---You" style="background-color: rgb(201, 205, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">You don't want to have a home, it's reallyas simple as that.
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thesaurus to find a synonym.---#---You don't want to be a grandmother, you want to live for you!---#---Furthermore, you#Likewise, you#Not only that, but you---#---You" style="background-color: rgb(201, 205, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">You don't want to be a grandmother, you want to live for you!
Isn't it time to grow up before your time is through?
I can see it now, the black hearse is down the street,
You died from that addiction, the one you couldn't beat.
I can see, as it approaches, the coffin is in the back.
Why couldn't you get help, get off the crack and smack.
There's people stood around me, they're all dressed in black,
You've really done it now, there is no coming back.
Why weren't we enough to make you want to see
That no amount of words will fix what you've done to us three.
The clock is ticking, the reapers lurking in wait.
You get to make your own choices, it's not just down to fate.
I'm numb now, there's another needle in your vein.
No amount of poison will ever numb the pain.
Not for us, not for your family.
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We're done with the excuses, the lies that you spew.
We can't make you change, that's all down to you.
The trauma taints the memories you leave in your wake,
I promised this addiction would be your biggest mistake.
I know I'm not wrong, you've taken away a mother
And no matter what goes on, we'll never get another
We've clawed at you and begged you for change.
You've watched us cry and still you stay the same, it's strange.
Why can't you do it for us, for your family.
What's it going to take to make you wake up and see?
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Metre | 1010110101 010011111001 110101101 11111111111 10101010110 0101101010101101101110111110111111101101110011111111111011001101100110111010101010111011101110110111111111010101001010101010101010010101011011011 1101101111011 11011101111111 111011101111 1101111111010 0010011111010 01011101111 11111001110001 1111011101101 10101010110 010110101111101111011101111101111111011011100111111111110110011011001101110101010101110111011101101111111110101010010101010101010100101111101111011 10101010110 01011010111110101111111011111011111110110111001111111111101100110110011011101010101011101110111011011111111101010100101010101010101001011111010111111 1011111011111 111110111101 1111010011101 111110100101001 110111110101 110101111101 110111111101 110101111111 11011111111111 01110011001 11111110111111 111101010011 101110110101 111111100 110111101001111011110111111111100110111011010101110011111111111011001101100110111010101010111011101110110111111111010101001010101010101010010110111 111001001111 1111111111 0101010011011 11010101111001 1111111001010 01101111101010 111101111 111101110111 111111111100 1110111111101 |
Characters | 4,975 |
Words | 784 |
Sentences | 45 |
Stanzas | 40 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 43 |
Letters per line (avg) | 85 |
Words per line (avg) | 16 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
About this poem
This poem is about a mother who cannot beat their addiciton, who put it before her children and watched as it destroyed her family even as her children grew up and became parents themselves.
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