Analysis of God I'm Dead

Tika Hales 1973 (Ft Lauderdale, Florida)




I was dead before I got here, but didn't pull the trigger
And now I know the reason why, is really hard to figure.
There's a hole inside me, that just seems to grow.
How I made it this far, I really do not know.
Many years I pushed it down, so I didn't feel the pain.
Oh, look here's something new, let's push it down again.
But always I'd move on, find my happy place.
But I fear that now, this won't be the case.
I was vulnerable as hell, I never was so open.
And without chemicals, I have no way of coping.
Sometimes I want to lay down, and hope to not awake.
But life is never easy, especially when we break.
My light that shined with laughter, now only has a flicker.
I thought I'd be OK, but I just keep feeling sicker.
I try to talk to God, it seems he doesn't answer.
This depression is so strong, taking over like a cancer.
Help me God Help me, free me from this fight.
Give me motivation, make me feel alright.
All I do is lay around, stuck inside this pain.
Memories that haunt me, keep me in these chains.
I have so many questions, things I need to know.
But it seems the answers, never seem to show.
So I say again to God, help me find my way.
Crying out and begging him, I pray I pray I pray.
If nothing else Lord,  show me that I'm loved.
If not someone here, send it from above.
I've never felt so broken, never been so down.
I am trying hard to swim, but only seen to drown.
I fill myself with hope, yet fill myself with doubt.
It must be really soon, you'll show me my way out.
          Tika


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Poetic Form
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Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,516
Words 334
Sentences 30
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 31
Lines Amount 31
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 1,124
Words per stanza (avg) 305

About this poem

Wrote this when I was going through a struggle and many changes in my life.

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Written on March 10, 2018

Submitted by tmgraphicstexas on November 10, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:43 min read
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Tika Hales

I am a passion person. And a small business owner. I enjoy all the arts and use writing to express the feelings that get stuck inside me. more…

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