Analysis of Undesirable
The cloth
draped over the mirror
does little to stop the urge
to dig my nails into my skin
and claw
until I am a new person
to rip and tear
until my face is no longer mine
and my eyes don't water
at the sight of myself
The tape
on my phone camera
does nothing to stop me
from scrubbing and scratching
until my skin is raw
and I look worse than I had before
until I can't feel it anymore
and my skin begs for me to stop
The sympathetic eyes
of those I call friends
haunt my eyes
as I stare at my face next to theirs
wondering why I look so wrong
eyes uneven and squinted
nose too prominent
lips too thin
The tip of the knife
against my skin
provides only a temporary relief
from being trapped in my own skin
until I stare at the wounds
and cry at the sight
of the scars I've caused
The pit in my stomach
is constant
and I try to pretend for a moment
that I am not undesirable
but the pit remains
and I cannot remain confident
for I was never a good pretender
Scheme | XAXBXXXXAX XXXXXCCX DXDXXEEB XBXBXEE XEEXXEA |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) Tetractys (33%) |
Metre | 01 110010 1101101 11110111 01 01110110 1101 011111101 011110 10111 01 111100 110111 110010 011111 011111101 01111101 01111111 00101 11111 111 111111111 10011111 101001 11100 111 01101 0111 0110010001 11010111 0111101 01101 10111 010110 110 0111011010 11110100 10101 011001100 1111001010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 962 |
Words | 203 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 8, 8, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Written on May 26, 2022
Submitted by associationdissociation on May 26, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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