burn
Everything that was ever once mine has been set on fire.
Ashes and char, I watched it set ablaze as I did everything else.
I’ve fallen to my knees and asked God ‘why’ too many times.
There is a hunger inside of me, an unsatisfiable one.
This famine will continue to ripen until I get back what was;
IS mine.
My hands are getting cold.
I’m tired of waiting for devotion.
Everything that was ever once mine has been set on fire.
About this poem
The inevitable cycle of yearning and disappointment.
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Written on January 27, 2024
Submitted by rozalian07 on January 26, 2024
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 440 |
Words | 96 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1 |
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