Analysis of Have You Checked Your Bellybutton
Lyndsai N Lopez 1981 (Louisiana)
Have you checked your bellybutton?
Before your eyes cast daggers in judgment
Have you checked your bellybutton?
Before your ears listen just to repeat what you heard
Have you checked your bellybutton?
Before your mouth speaks words it shouldn't
Have you checked your bellybutton?
Is it clean?
Is it free debris?
Have you checked your bellybutton?
Is it full of dirt?
Are the crevices and cracks clear?
Have you checked your bellybutton?
Such a simple part of the body
Yet overlooked so often
Have you checked your bellybutton?
Often forgotten
Often just seen as the stomach
Have you checked your bellybutton?
Before eyes shoot daggers
And ears misunderstand words
Have you checked your bellybutton?
Before words speak ignorance and hurt
Have you checked your bellybutton?
If not then perhaps you should
If it's dirty
Focus on yourself
Don't worry about others
Don't speak on what your eyes and ears don't fully understand
Check your bellybutton
If you can neglect your bellybutton
Then maybe you should be quiet
For such a simple act of cleansing
Is no different then cleansing the rest of you
Cleanse your eyes of judgment
Cleanse your ears of gossip heard
It means nothing
Cleanse your mouth of the negative you speak
Have you checked your bellybutton?
If its dirty then be silent
Sometimes when we focus on ourselves
On our own dirt
We begin to understand what we see, hear and speak
We have no room for judgement, and gossip
Words no longer hold value if petty and untrue
Where no power resides
Have you checked you bellybutton?
Check your bellybutton
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111 0111110010 11111 0111101101111 11111 011111110 11111 111 11101 11111 11111 10100011 11111 101011010 110110 11111 10010 10111010 11111 011110 010011 11111 011110001 11111 1110111 1110 10101 1100110 1111110111001 111 1110111 11011110 110101110 111001100111 111110 1111101 1110 1111010011 11111 11101110 0111101001 11011 101101111101 1111110010 1110110110001 111001 11111 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,567 |
Words | 291 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 48 |
Lines Amount | 48 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,268 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 266 |
About this poem
This poem speaks of the importance of worrying about your own issues and not speak on others.
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Written on June 12, 2022
Submitted by Moonraven1981 on July 24, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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