Analysis of I'm Scared I'm losing Control



I am scared that I’m losing control.

Anger, fury, rage feel like they’re in charge of me.
Making me think it’s my fault and that I am alone.

Something dangerous stirs within me and it’s dark, dangerous, uncontrollable.
Controlling my every thoughts and emotions,
And leaves me with the guilt and damage done by making me think that.
Really, I am to blame for not keeping all of my anger and emotions in control.
Even though I try to keep them in line, but I can’t do it alone because,
Doing it alone is impossible and self-destructive.

I’m a ticking time bomb and without help it will explode.

Alienating myself seem to be the only option.
Maybe that way no one will know the wreck I really am.

Lots of things have been done to try and help.
Only for them all to fail and leave me slowly sinking down.
Sinking down further into the pits of despair.
I resort to ignoring the pain and trying to hide it from the world.
Nothing seems to work. No one seems to listen.
Greedy and selfish people turn away when they are relied on.

Constant negative thoughts flood my brain.
On and on and they never stop.
Never letting me breathe or giving me a break.
Twenty-four/ seven I’m hit by awful opinions that trigger my negative emotions and,
Really there’s nothing I can do.
Only one options remains and that is to
Lose and give in to my thoughts and emotions.

I was scared that I might be losing control but,
The world proves that I’ve already lost it so,
I now spend my time waiting for the day the bomb goes off.


Scheme A XX XBXAXX X CX XXXXCX XXXXDDB XXX
Poetic Form
Metre 111111001 101011110111 1011111011101 1010010110111000100 010110010010 0111010101110111 1011111110111100010001 1011111101111110101 101011010001010 10101100111101 1000111101010 10111111011101 1111111101 101111101110101 101100101101 101101001010111101 10111111110 1001010101111011 101001111 10101101 101011110101 101101111001011011000100 10110111 10110010111 10101110010 111111110011 01111010111 11111101010111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 1,529
Words 315
Sentences 23
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 6, 1, 2, 6, 7, 3
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 42
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 147
Words per stanza (avg) 35

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A poem about my metal health during a dark time in my life

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