Analysis of My life is a lie
Ones my son asked,
“Do you ever lie, mummy?”
I said,”No”
But then, I do lie.
Lie all the time that I am fine
That I can handle everything,
even the harshest of remarks
or the judgements.
I lie to myself,
Nothing hurts me!
Then I turn around,
close my eyes, gulp my tears
And there, I am ready to hit the road
I lie about,
Whom I love and whom I don’t.
I lie that I am happy
when my heart craves for joy.
The list is unending, my son
And it goes on and on.
So, I don’t want you to get confused
Or judge me on this
Some mothers have no other way
So we lie again & again
Lie is my safest nest
As no one can handle the truth.
I can’t tell one who expects love,
that I don’t love them anymore;
That I need peace;
as I am tired of the world of humiliations.
I want to be alone
as the sight of them makes me cringe,
Or say to you, son
That’s enough...I can’t take it anymore
Can I say to someone,
“I don’t want you in my life.
Would you really go away,
without putting up a nasty fight?”
Would anyone let me live my life my way
If I tell them so on their face?
No! You will weave strings of stingy words
And pick up your own assessments of mine
You will shower me with,
how much you do care.
You might go to a nastier corner
and bring my incapabilities on forefront
Or even worse….
Give me the honor of the worst partner
Or a mother
So son
I have developed peace with my lies
But everyday
I fight within and lie without,
I cry within and smile without.
I lie every moment, my son,
That I am fine.
Now, I am at that point
Wherein the line,
The line bifurcating truth and lie
Has blurred up
I keep on weaving lies
Accepting it as my truth
And the day I will fail
I fall apart….
Hopefully a new me will emerge from the ashes
Leaving the lies behind.
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (28%) |
Metre | 1111 1110110 11 11111 11011111 1111010 10010101 1010 1111 1011 11101 111111 0111101101 1101 1110111 1111110 111111 01101011 011101 111111101 11111 11011101 1110101 111101 11111001 11111011 1111101 1111 111101011010 111101 10111111 11111 1111101 11111 1111011 1110101 011010101 1101111111 11111111 111111101 0111101011 111011 11111 1111010010 011111 1101 1101010110 1010 11 110101111 1101 11010101 11010101 111001011 1111 111111 0101 011101 111 111101 0101111 001111 1101 1000111011010 100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,806 |
Words | 415 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 10, 10, 10, 15, 17 |
Lines Amount | 65 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 220 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 60 |
About this poem
How many women, keeping aside their desires & their true feelings are leading lives, lives wherein they have lost themselves completely. Their skilful lies have become their only tool of survival.
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Submitted by sanchaitaroyguota32 on November 28, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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