Dull Knifes



My mind is like a dull knife,
Should be cutting to the bone getting rid of  the pain,
But it just lays on the surface of your arm as tears drop,
“Youll never be good enough you’ll never go anywhere”,
You push and push until it pierces your skin,
But it just sits there on your pale skin,
“Is this what they think of me”
“a dull knife, not good for anything”

About this poem

I wrote this poem when i was at my lowest in school and in life, this poem truly let me show my feelings in many different ways. One night i put a blade to my arm but it was to dull to cut this poem was wrote to help others going to through hardship.

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Written on November 05, 2021

Submitted by Cooper.Peterson on September 12, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEEFG
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 374
Words 78
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8

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