Analysis of She Cries Alone
For the missing...
she cries alone
drenched in tears
of her own shame
but not of her making
he ascended from shadows
and shadowed her
shattering her dreams
as easily
as did her hymen
she became his fixation
a nightmare lived daily
where time
nor the hour
matters anymore
this monster that looks as human as we
invisible
to the eyes
of humanity
the unthinkable atrocities he commits
upon innocent flesh
remits
shackled and caged like a dog
she cries alone
a burden
no child should have to bear
she thinks of her mother and
father
of her brother
and sister
and yes
of her dog
sam
if only she could warn them of
the monster
that lives next door
the monster
that comes to borrow sugar
or sip coffee
with mum on the porch
at times
drinking a few beers
with dad after work
boasting of games played
on the sports network
all the while stealing glances
at us children
she cries alone
who would believe her
this man
a pillar of the community
always
a helping hand
can't you see he's a sham
a monster
a pedophile
a child rapist
ask him
as to my whereabouts
see if he answers you
with a straight face
the rattling of the cage
alerts her to his presence
he comes yet again
she cries
screams and
pleads for him to leave her alone
but this only seems to give him pleasure
mocking her
he mounts her quickly
his screams and cries
of perversion
the only sound left
heard in the room
a single solitary tear
falls from her eye
please God just let me die
she begs
her lament falling
upon deaf ears
maybe
it is God
who is dead or
maybe
God has no ears to hear
the monster has left the room
but his stench lingers
pervasively
like the smell of death
is it possible
to smell ones own death
she muses
for surely
she dies a little
each day
the death of
abandonment
the death of
loneliness
the death of
regret
the death of her
soul
if only
she was strong enough
to fight back
she would scratch out his eyes and
rip out his tongue
that filthy slimy thing
she would feed
to sam
he would eat anything
the thought
giving her slight amusement
the rattling of the cage
startles her
he's back yet again
she begins to cry...
Many of our children come up missing...but we have no ideal. May God have mercy on us.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010 1101 101 1011 111010 101011 0100 10001 1100 11010 1011010 01110 11 1010 1001 1101111011 0100 101 10100 001000100101 011001 1 1001101 1101 010 111111 1110100 10 1010 010 01 101 1 11011111 010 1111 010 111110 1110 11101 11 10011 11101 10111 1011 1011010 1110 1101 11010 11 010100100 1 0101 111101 010 0100 0110 11 11110 111101 1011 010101 0101110 11101 11 10 11111001 1110111110 100 11010 1101 1010 01011 1001 0101001 1101 111111 11 00110 0111 10 111 1111 10 111111 0101101 11110 1 10111 11100 11111 110 110 11010 11 011 0100 011 100 011 01 0110 1 110 11101 111 1111110 1111 110101 111 11 11110 01 1001010 010101 100 11101 10111 1011010111111011111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 2,073 |
Words | 420 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 34 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 3, 5, 5, 4, 3, 1, 1, 2, 7, 3, 4, 5, 2, 1, 5, 4, 4, 2, 1, 10, 2, 4, 5, 4, 3, 3, 8, 11, 2, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 119 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 51 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on January 10, 2016
Modified on March 14, 2023
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