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An Ode to Pain

Dinah Cooper 2001 (los angeles ca)

Ode
i can think
but i cant move
everyone moves around me
like a sleep paralysis

i cant run
i cant hide
i am lost
stuck in the eternal darkness

im smiling
im laughing
but do you know
i hurt more than anything

deep in the ocean
of sorrow and pain
i am deep in the ocean of darkness
and i cant swim

i am drowning
hoping someone will save me
save me please
but no one does

i am gone lost
in this abyss of darkness
of pain and sorrow
i love you still

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Written on November 08, 2023

Submitted by joanaj.93789 on November 08, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXAB CXDB EEFE CXBX EAXX DBFX
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 447
Words 100
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
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