Im Extra

Cathy Ann Cousineau 1983 (Bir Rapids)



Every time I awake
I just fall
I delusionally walk through the day
and hit a wall

I stumble a little
seem to catch myself
put all my thoughts aside
up high on a shelf

I'm numb all the time
I feel it all too
nothing gets past me
yet it does through and through

I'm lonely all day
by my animals help some
but the pain grows deeper
so does it all, but I, still numb

I'm a firecracker in the wind
that explodes with no telling when
I'm the extra in the room
The normal times ten

I stumble and I fall
seem to catch myself

About this poem

I'm bipolar so I've been dealing with being both sides and all the extra my whole life

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Written on November 08, 2022

Submitted by cbeilf02 on November 08, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme xaba xCxc xdxd bexe xfxf aC
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 521
Words 113
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2

Cathy Ann Cousineau

I am bipolar since I was 12 same as PTSD now I have sever complex PTSD and anxety disorders but poetry is my outlet. I have hundreds and just recently started writing again so Im a little rusty. more…

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