Radiant Crimson
Radiant crimson seeps through my mind
As intoxicating and double edged as white wine
It's as through my soul is fractured into a million microscopic shreds
The very moment I let my rage go to my head
It is impossible to think anything other than “I would be better off dead”
I cannot face my friends, cannot look my parents in the eye
The idiot’s jest has morphed into a knife
Slashing and cutting as it cares out my eye
What used to be joy leaves me writhing in anguish
The arms of my lover turn cold when I am near
Freezing like marble as my eyes shed no tears
Looking so still while trapped shivering in fear
My family looks at me with a grief that slices through my heart
As my unfeeling eyes plead with them to set my spirit free
All the while thinking: it is too late for me
About this poem
This poem was created to express a feeling of being trapped inside your mind. It conveys the emotions felt by those who believed their fate is determined by their past actions.
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Written on October 28, 2023
Submitted by Spring397 on December 23, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXAA BXB XCXC XDD |
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Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 790 |
Words | 157 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 3, 4, 3 |
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