Analysis of promise?
return to me.
let me feel your tears,
let me love you,
erase all of your fears.
pull up your sleeves,
show me your scars,
scars i’ve seen you create,
let me admire them from afar.
a body undeserving
of the pain carved everyday,
let me feel your hands,
for i need you to stay.
blood on my hands
as i hold your wrists,
see cuts that go deeper
every time you slit.
breathe slow,
for i have always known.
return the blade you use to cut,
the one that cuts
right through the bone.
let me wipe your eyes,
and bandage your wrists,
keep them on,
promise me it.
bury your head in my neck
cry to me until we’re a wreck.
next to you i’ll lay until you rest,
just promise you’ll stay
for whatever comes next?
Scheme | XXXX XXXX XABA BCXD XEXXE XCXD FFXAX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (23%) Etheree (23%) |
Metre | 0111 11111 1111 011111 1111 1111 111101 11011101 010010 1011101 11111 111111 1111 11111 111110 100111 11 11111 01011111 0111 1101 11111 01011 111 1011 1011011 11101001 111110111 11011 11011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 712 |
Words | 169 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 76 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
About this poem
This poem is about being there for those who’ve struggled with mental health, or really any issue for that matter. I wanted to bring this side of these topics to light, because while they’re struggling we’re left to just watch our loved ones slowly disintegrate, their life just going to waste. Though personally, I have thankfully never had to go through this, it would absolutely break me to see my loved ones suffer, when all I would want was for them to feel protected with me. more »
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