Analysis of Do You Ever Want to Change?
I feel dizzy
Counting specks of light on this empty street
Vision’s blurry
Words of my supposed friends on repeat
“Do you ever want to change?
Don’t you think you need an upgrade?
If you ever want to find love
You can’t stay this way
You’re too annoying sometimes
Maybe fix that
Stop fighting off oncoming highs
Face the damn facts
People love to call you lonely
How can you accept that?
Let me help you rewrite your story
Put you on the right track.”
Well, dear supposed friend
Have you considered that outlining my flaws
Is not the right path for a right end
And maybe I’m happy drafting my own laws
I admit I can be dramatic
What can I say, I find it attractive
I nag and whine, part of my tactic
But at least I’ve never been radioactive
I am completely, perfectly fine
With the way my story’s written
I don’t need your maladaptive opinions
I might not be one to shine
In public places, but when I’m alone
I’m the brightest of all stones
This personality
Is unapologetically me
I never want it to change
Comfortable in my range
And if you have a problem with it
Get out of my life, I don’t give a shit
(And by the way this is brutal honesty
What you said only aimed to hurt me)
Who are you to decide if I’m worthy?
You don’t know the first thing about me
Or my real family
Or my bloody history
Or my inner peace treaties
Or how I broke myself free
Your only job is to talk apparently
Nonsensically
Condescendingly
Makes me want to punch you right on your crooked teeth
If you’re the moon, I am the sun
At the end of this long summer’s run
I’m not saying I’m better than everyone
I’m just saying I’m better than you
Leave me alone, you insensitive brute
My face is covered in scars
From my past spars
With crippling anxiety
The battle might still be going on
But I’ve weakened the enemy
Now it looks like you want to side with him
Go ahead
I’ll weaken you too
I’m covered in red
But at least I’m true
And I’ll say it again
I have thousands of friends
Who would actually defend me
So if you want you can leave
But if you decide to stay
Only one of us has to change
And it’s definitely not me.
Scheme | ABAB CXXDXEXXAEAX FGFG HIHI JKXJXX AACCLL AA AAAAXA AMMXKKKNX XAAXAXONONXXAXDCA |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (29%) Tetractys (24%) |
Metre | 1110 1011111101 1010 111011101 1110111 11111101 11101111 11111 1101001 1011 1101101 1011 10111110 111011 111101110 111011 11011 1101011011 110111011 01011010111 101111010 1111111010 110111110 11111010010 110101001 1011110 11111010 1111111 0101011101 1010111 10100 111 1101111 1000011 011101011 1111111101 01011110100 111101111 111111110 111011011 111100 1110100 1110110 111111 11011110100 1 1 111111111101 11011101 101111101 1110110110 111011011 1101101001 1111001 1111 11000100 010111101 11100100 1111111111 101 11011 11001 11111 011101 111011 11100011 1111111 111111 10111111 01100011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 2,082 |
Words | 410 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 12, 4, 4, 6, 6, 2, 6, 9, 17 |
Lines Amount | 70 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 164 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
About this poem
I’ve had many people tell me I should change the the way I live my life. They forget that it is actually MY life. This poem is a response to said people.
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Submitted by Lorenzo_chidiac on September 27, 2021
Modified on April 06, 2023
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