My well wisher

Sindisiwe moyo 2004 (Bulawayo)



Ever smiling and jolly,
words I am so often described.
Oh what a misconception they have .
If only they knew that all they saw was a facade.

As soon as I'm alone she surfaces.
A fiend to a happy life I once led.
She tarnishes my self esteem like no one ever did before .
All the hurtful words others have said cannot compete with hers.
She is like a paid assassin,
never fumbles and always gets the job done .
I could tolerate it if it were anyone else but her .

She murdered the angel that used to sit on my shoulder and took it's place.
Now she sits there and whispers bitter words.
"You're a failure",she tells me and honestly I believe her , she wouldn't lie to me would she?
She wouldn't tell me to do something that's not for my own good right?
Yeah she is just moulding me with an iron fist,it is a tough world out there.
But why do I feel like a prisoner?

She never wants me around people.
She wants me to herself like an obsessed lover,
because I don't listen as I should when Im with other people.
So I remain in my isolation bubble where people eventually forget about my existence.
The loneliness gets to me ,
but my anxiety won't let me reach out to others.
What if they won't accept me?
I guess loneliness will be my daily bread.

"Nobody cares about wouldn't it just be better to end it all ? " , she asks like a mother concerned about her little one .
I dare not defy her , not even inch of me has the courage to.
Yes the pills ... the pills are the solution to this, I hesitate,
but why ?I mean this is my escape.
Death will be my promised Land.
I drank the pills , pitch darkness followed
but to my surprise I woke neither in Heaven or Hell .

About this poem

The poem is about a girl battling with her anxiety/inner being . First paragraph she describes how what people see on the outside is not true. Second paragraph she praises this anxiety , third paragraph she's unsure whether this anxiety is good or bad for her. In the fourth paragraph she wants to commit suicide but she does not die hence the line," but to my surprise I woke up neither in heaven or hell." The title and the poem contradict each other creating an irony.  

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Written on July 21, 2022

Submitted by moyosindisiwe578 on July 26, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXXX XBXCDDE XXAXXE FEFXACAB DXXXXXX
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 1,666
Words 356
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 7, 6, 8, 7

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