Withering
Nothing seems to feel quite right
My head and heart set not alight
The rain that should be golden rays
Seems to only ever stay
My food is dull and leaves me empty
Although I should have eaten plenty
The thing I call my taste is gone
My curtained eyes were never drawn
I only wish for better days
Before my head begins to sway
My body lays across the bed
Uncertain if I'm truly dead
And when dawn comes a silent when
I may not ever rise again
About this poem
I don't really remember what I was feeling when I wrote this. It's only as much as you think it is.
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Written on 2022
Submitted by klee3434 on December 30, 2022
Modified on March 16, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AA BC DD EE BC FF GG |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 447 |
Words | 95 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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