Pain’s Master
i didn’t understand what i felt was wrong
because what i felt
i’d felt for so long
like a friend to me
i found solace in its embrace
i couldn’t see the parts of me i loved
were replaced
i felt heady on its hold
drunk on the feeling
the feeling of control
yet, i was not its master
no, merely a pawn
it took until i could not recall the "past her"
and all that was left of me
was an empty, numb shell
the shell of who i used to be
About this poem
a reference to depression’s control of my life.
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Written on November 14, 2022
Submitted by elisekopp on April 29, 2023
Modified on April 29, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABACDEFGHIJKJCLC |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 437 |
Words | 94 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
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