Home has been burned down.
G.Q. James 1991 (Albany,NY)
You are a trigger for me,
When I'm around you I feel different,
Than when I'm not around you,
My world feels much different when I'm alone,
That energy we share doesn't feel good,
That pain is sharper than a blade,
The space just doesn't feel comfortable.
I don't feel at home but I feel homeless,
Being in a house ain't the same as being at home,
Our home has been burned down to ashes,
The flames burn sharply,
The ashes are burned to crisp,
Our lives haven't been the same.
You can't rebuild the house,
The house has been destroyed,
You can't even recognized things the same,
When you look at it things aren't what they use to be,
What's broken can't be fixed.
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Submitted on January 15, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 647 |
Words | 125 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 6, 5 |
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