Alter Ego
Alter ego, second I
Who truly is me
It could be you, or even I
A distorted image
Of me myself and I.
Now there’s a third person,
It’s neither you, nor even I
Is they who watch, even when I close my eyes,
My every step, my every move
Before I count sheep, they right next to me.
My alter ego, my second I,
Reveal yourself, you want me gone
You want to be one, just you and I,
Dear alter ego, dear second I
You hate me, and so do I.
It’s me, alter ego, your second I
Agony written on our bed, our pillow wet,
Sandpaper throat, it hurts a lot,
Unspoken words, why do you endure it all?
About this poem
Alter ego is a poem about an individual who splits his emotional side from the side everyone is wxposed to every day. The emotional side repeatedly tries to take over as it hates the fact that the individual refuses to portray any of its true emotions and has to hide them. Alter ego isn’t truly an alter ego. It’s just the side that the individual tries to hide
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Submitted by estheroyinkan2007 on November 07, 2023
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| Scheme | ABAXA XAXXB AXAAA AXXX |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 591 |
| Words | 134 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 4 |
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