Help

Nicolaas Goosen 2005 (Cape Town, South Africa)



These words I write
They do not help
My feelings
Still maintain their place

Ever deeper
In my heart -
A black hole
From which
Nothing escapes

My mind, I feel
Is leaving me
Me just stuck here
This hopeless space
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Submitted on June 23, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXA XXXXX XXXA
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 208
Words 41
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 5, 4

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