Defeated
Darkness settles on me
Like a heavy black coat
Cheerfulness fades away
Joy disappears like mist
Delight has been drained
Everything seems bleak
The taste of things once enjoyable
Now turn to ash on my tongue
Every simple pleasure
From the laughter of a child
To a gentle loving touch
Mean nothing at all now
Happiness is fleeting
There and gone in seconds
Leaving behind a longing
To feel it once again
To know just a whisper of the light
Is a burden I must bear alone
I think it might have been better
To have felt nothing at all
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Submitted on February 28, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 511 |
Words | 100 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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