Akathisia
Falling Awake 1991 (New Jersey)
Wasting my time,
on the borderline, empty,
I reach for the next second.
But each one I grasp,
traps me again,
time melts into my skin.
My cells are crawling away,
my stomach turns on itself.
my blood is pushing at my veins.
I try peeling off this human suit,
and crawl out this hallow cell,
searching for a more comfortable second.
I grind my teeth,
I fidget my hands,
I pace around.
The present remains unbearable.
About this poem
This poem talks about a symptom I experience as part of Borderline Personality Disorder.
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Written on August 22, 2023
Submitted by FallingAwake on September 27, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 420 |
Words | 97 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
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