The Reaper within
The Reaper within instilled in my heart,
Ripping at me until I'm almost dead and all tore apart,
I keep trying to rise out of this bottomless pit,
I seem to keep falling and slipping I just can't get a grip,
It's so dark I can't see and now I can't breath,
I bowel to my knees and pray reaper take me.
It's so hard to see what isn't that clear,
I seem lost in my lift and I'm left with no fear
All the hurt and shame promises made ,
I'm still alive but my consciousness fades
When I got to sleep at times I hope I may never awake ,
I think to myself how much more can I take.
I have taken enough I've endured all this pain.
My life is crazy and its drove me insane.
Now once again I can not breath
I bowel one last time and pray reaper take me
About this poem
When my brother passed away I wrote this poem a week after and was in a bad place.
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Written on October 12, 2006
Submitted by edwardB on June 19, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABCDEFFGHIIJJDE |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 753 |
Words | 170 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
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