Anxiety
ATER CURRY 1990 (United States)
She stands in every corner of every room that I am in
Wet lips puckered with anticipation of the words she can barely contain
A bitch in a red dress full of vanity
And soaked in the blood of the innocence she has slain
She waits for the perfect moment to spew her black poison
And I so readily drink from the cup she has filled
Like a baby eager to supple the nipple of a mother's full breasts
I devour every drop, and lick the floor clean where I have spilled
She paints my face black to hide me from those people and those places
And wraps me in a blanket that she says will keep me warm
And for a moment I am enveloped in such peaceful silence
Then that silence becomes insufferable and before too long misery Is reborn
So here am I and here is she
Never fleating, endless fear
Of the known and the great unknown
Where ever I am she is near
About this poem
Anxiety and depression
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Written on July 13, 2021
Submitted by acurry3290 on July 13, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XABA XCXC XXXX BDXD |
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Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 829 |
Words | 168 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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