Bruises
Red rings around my wrists,
My skin somehow still resists,
From breaking and letting blood loose.
Yet I still go on and abuse.
Red slowly turns blue,
I begin anew.
Rubber band snapping so loud,
When no one is around.
Impossible to tell me to stop,
The pain knife-like sharp,
Feeling going through my skin,
Right into my mind where it settled in.
It all reminds me that I am a shadow,
Of a person you used to know.
Now I sit here, eating the fruit,
Of the great disaster whithin I dispute.
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Submitted by rowanwhite on February 06, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABB CCXX XXDD EEFF |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 494 |
Words | 111 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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