Analysis of The flower I almost killed
Azukile Hlomla Jali 2002 (Engcobo)
To the flower I almost killed...
I apologize for not protecting you, Instead I irrigated you with all the poisonous words from the surroundings even though I knew some was contaminated. Every time I spotted a brown dot on your petals, I blamed you because I believed you were an ugly breed.
I watched you drown from all the acids that came with the water, suffocated you with a bag full of hatred. I failed to understand when your stem did not grow tall instead you grew sideways lying on the ground. Defined your beauty in reference to all the other breeds.
I labeled you lazy after watching every storm hit you.
Convinced you, you were stronger than the August winds. Yes you were stronger but a little support from me would have strengthened you more. I blamed and called you a rascal when you ran from home and decided to start a life far from me. Because I was one of the acids that burnt your petals brown, yet I expected you to bloom and be the rainbow flower I bought.
I am glad you still saw light even after had dug you the deepest grave. I am glad you protected yourself when I failed to, found courage to rise after all the stones I threw at you. Though your rainbow colors have not all developed, I am still proud of the flower you have grown to be.
You are brave, intelligent and most importantly you are beautiful.
Unlike the flower I was trying to grow in you, you are everything the world deserves to see.
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Metre | 1010111 10101101010111001110100110010101111101001001110011111011101101101101 111111010111010100110111101110111111110111110101011100100110101 1101101010100111 0111010101011101010100111111011110110101111101011011110111110101111011101011101011011 111111110101110101111101001111111011101011111111101110101111101011111 111010001010011100 01010111011011110010111 |
Characters | 1,424 |
Words | 275 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 7 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 141 |
Words per line (avg) | 33 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 565 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 134 |
About this poem
This is an apology to the inner child that suffered because of a confidence and self-esteem that was built in reference to all the things the world had to say.
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Written on August 23, 2022
Submitted by jaliazukileH on August 23, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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