On the edge
Karolina Marszałkowska 1993 (Gdańsk)
Altough I left past behind
I can't look into future's eyes
How can I raise my head
When it's still so full of lies
Lies that are coming out
From my lips as poisonous snakes
I'll let them out from myself
For as long as it takes
And it takes inhuman power
To change all I have become
I was a growing flower
But I am destroyed now
I destroyed my living heart
It's not needed anymore
I'm nothing but unused card
That is not worth to bet for
I'd bet my life has no meaning
With all these surrounding lies
I don't know why am I living
When my mind slowly dies
My mind denies my senses
And it's no use going against
I'm weak in the inside and yet
I'm not able to cry when it rains
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Submitted by shadelady on August 23, 2013
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XBXB CXCX XDXD EAEA XXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 650 |
Words | 139 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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