Fluttering Pages
The book flips open, struggling.
The lines blur.
The pages rip from their bindings;
Unable to stay confined,
To the way they were made;
Just like me.
The pages flutter in the wind,
As they try to escape.
Jagged ends, they know;
They can't be the same.
But they don't care;
Just like me.
I don't care.
I want to be free. And fly.
About this poem
This poem speaks of a time in my life when I felt suffocated by the demands and expectations people had from me. It speaks of wanting to tear myself away from being confined to other people's standards and to just be free to be myself.
Written on August 20, 2020
Submitted by tunmisuzzi on September 29, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | xxxaxB axxxcB cx |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 330 |
Words | 79 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 2 |
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