Black Blood
Long ago
something
died.
This dead is dragged within me
Poison infects my body
as this carcass rots.
Bruised eyebags,
clumps of hair in my hands,
a gaping ribcage,
are signs of sepsis.
Perhaps my blood has turned a cool shade of black too.
Lethal.
the dead wrap their hands around my neck -
I let them choke me.
About this poem
This poem is an exploration of my experience with grief and describes the way it consumed me physically and mentally. In this poem I do not grieve a person in particular but rather a life that I could have lived.
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Written on May 24, 2022
Submitted by Ellarochman on November 29, 2023
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| Scheme | XXX AAB BXXX X XXA |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 321 |
| Words | 74 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 4, 1, 3 |
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