Analysis of Pleasant dreams out of reach
Thoughts keep pounding in my head...
All alone, broken, no grounding...
Everything solid floating away, I'm drowning...
Pushing past the pain & fear with no one near...
Heart is pounding...
SILENCE!!!
Muscles in my chest...
Nothing ever at rest...
Loathing the days in present, penniless days are far too prevalent...
Standing motionless wishing for home...
All others unknowing of how far I'm willing to roam...
Wanting more Pleasant moments...
Playing games, or going through the motions...
Differences meaning little...
Much... meaningful... Contemplation...
Storms of thoughts running through my mind, heart, and soul...
Am I asking too much or too little?
How am I not reaching my goals?
These thoughts are still resounding..
When will it ever stop?
Fast forward a few years
These thoughts their still pounding...
Pounding in my head alone, broken, no grounding...
My heart hurts, it's heavy but still pounding...
Gotta get some movement going...
This deadlock it's confounding...
Gripping round my neck and stifling my marrow...
Is it just me or is the room becoming narrow?
Boxed in airless & cramped...
Heart still pounding and now I’m Counting the beats per second as a melody plays in my head trying to repose this pusillanimity...
These thoughts in my head I'm scared, but I’m not dead...
The pain in my chest caused by years of debasement, feels like I’ve been locked up in a basement... Where did your conscience go?
You made this, the bearing you had on my life is consequential...
It's shattered...
And now I'm stuck picking up the pieces...
You made this...
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Metre | 1110011 10110110 10101001110 1010111111 1110 10 10011 101011 10010101001111100 101001011 11001011111011 1011010 1011101010 10001010 1100010 11110111101 1110111110 11111011 1111010 111101 110011 111110 100110110110 1111101110 10111010 111010 10111010110 1111110101010 10101 111001110011101010010111010111 11011111111 0101111110101111110010111101 111010111111010 110 0111101010 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,553 |
Words | 258 |
Sentences | 38 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 36 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,192 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 258 |
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