Eye to eye



I have walked long enough
But I can't get rid of this fog
With every step it gets thicker
With every breath it dawns

Have I walked the wrong path?
Is it too late for me?
Every time I turn back
I see myself in misery

After all the promises
After all the lies
I can't see him eye to eye

For he looks at me with hope in his eyes,   
Praying that I'll climb up high
What he doesn't know
That it's all been a fall
I don't know how I'll ever see him eye to eye

I started because I just wanted to make him proud
Wanted to get him out of the crowd
I vomit my guts out every time I remember
I have let him down

I can never see him eye to eye

I knew it was my time to go
There was no longer a goal
I'll take him with me
To finally a peaceful pled

Who is he, you ask?
He is me
He and I are one
For He is my younger self,
For I am his future

I wonder what went wrong,
I wonder what changed
As I questioned our existence The Knot was complete
A rope that will set us free
I shed my final tear, knowing that he'll die with me
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Written on February 13, 2021

Submitted by aryak.sri on June 02, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXAX XBXB XCD CDEXD FFAX D EXBX XBXXA XXXBB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,050
Words 262
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 5, 4, 1, 4, 5, 5

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