Analysis of Highs and lows



Highs and lows
Words about how it all just goes

Poems I give up on
Wondering when I’ll be gone

A million thoughts that stretch a million miles
Hidden under a billion smiles

Hiding in the dark night
‘Cause I don’t feel right

Running our of reach from God
Probably why I feel like a fraud

Never out of arms reach
That’s what they try to teach

But right now I don’t care
I’m caught up in my own hair

Highlight bible verses
But to me they feel like curses

Why don’t I feel enough
Why it this life so tough

Why do I feel lost
Why do I feel double crossed

My own mind mixes with God’s own voice
I remind myself that this faith is a choice

Gotta stand up and tall
Don’t trip or else you’ll fall

Just push through the trials
Just keep up the smile

Don’t you want to be proud of your faith
Didn’t you talk about how to run the race

Well now I’m in the valley
And it’s hard to be happy

Making up poems in my mind
But when I try to write the words I can’t find

I just want to bottle it up
So then I can spew it out

I just want to be with you
That’s all I want to do

But I feel inadequate
And right now I’m about to quit

They say that at your weakest
Is when you are blessed

But right now all I feel is stress
It takes too much for me to rest

Right now anxiety’s back
And soon I’ll have an attack

Right now my brother’s mean
And it hurts more than what it seems

Right now I am falling down
Right now I just have to frown

Highs and lows
Just gotta deal with the flow

But I just want to resist
Complain about the shots I’ve missed

Right now I just want to cry
But the tears won’t come to my eyes

Jesus I need you
Please direct me on what to do

I’ve accepted an invitation
But Lord, I am breaking

I can’t find myself
Stupid mental health

‘Read the Bible’
‘He’s reliable’

But I’m trapped in the motions
Stuck with the notions

That I don’t believe
That I cannot see

So even through the highs and lows
When I don’t know which way to go

Speak louder than the tears
Speak over all my fears

Calm the voices in my head
That run around when I go to bed

Calm all my rushing thoughts
Show me a way ‘cause I’m lost

You say ask and I’ll receive
All it takes is to believe

I need help right now
If I seek your will, show me how

I’m knocking on a thousand doors
Tell me which one is your’s

Psalms 22:11
I think of it 24/7

You say those with troubles
Learn to defeat struggles

Everyone says I’m strong
But I think they’re all wrong

They say that I push on through
But the truth is I don’t know what to do

If I truly do give up
Then I know I’m not enough

Strong enough is a song I play
In my head everyday

They say I persevere through the trials
But all I see are the aisles

In my brain
Where I disguise my pain

What if they see more than me
What if that’s who I’m meant to be

Job and David or like John
Will I live in this torture

Or will I be set free
I dunno but I hope it’s option B

God, I don’t know what to do
Please help me

You say if I call on your name
Then I’ll never be the same

Well, right now I’m struggling
So hey Jesus, I’m sorry.


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Poetic Form
Metre 101 10111111 101111 1001111 0101110101 10100101 100011 11111 10101111 100111101 101111 111111 111111 1110111 11010 11111110 111101 111111 11111 1111101 111101111 1011111101 101101 111111 111010 11101 111111111 1110111101 1110010 0111110 10110011 11111101111 11111011 1111111 1111111 111111 1110100 01110111 1111110 11111 11111111 11111111 1111 0111101 111101 01111111 1111101 1111111 101 1101101 1111101 01010111 1111111 10111111 10111 10111111 10101010 111110 1111 10101 1010 10100 1110010 11010 11101 11101 11010101 11111111 110101 110111 1010011 110111111 111101 1101111 1110101 1111101 11111 11111111 11010101 111111 1 1111 111110 110110 10111 111111 1111111 1011111111 1110111 1111101 10110111 011101 1110011010 1111101 011 110111 1111111 11111111 1010111 1110110 111111 1011111101 1111111 111 11111111 1110101 1111100 1110110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 3,168
Words 694
Sentences 1
Stanzas 54
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 108
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 43
Words per stanza (avg) 12

About this poem

A poem I wrote about what I’m going thru.

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Written on April 11, 2023

Submitted by katherineb.45444 on April 11, 2023

Modified on April 18, 2023

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