Analysis of Overcoming Disabilities



There was no flip of a coin no roll of the dice
I was not given the option to be born twice
As if anyone would choose to be this way
Dealing with my problems every day

Uncontrolled moodswings hyperactivity
Obsessive compulsive extreme anxiety
Claustrophobic and Panic Attacks
With migraine headaches those are the facts

Born with these issues and it tore me apart
What a way for my life to start
In and out of hospitals for years
Suicide attempts bringing family to tears

Hundreds of pill medications to take
Dreading every moment that I was awake
Take this take that lets see how it gos
Unless you try it how do you know

For there's one thing you must know about pills you see
For each person they work differently
What doesn't work for him might work for you
So here try these let's see what they'll do

They might work they might not
But what choice have you got
You might live you might die
But you might as well try
For with trial and error you'll soon find the right one
That's if you don't die first or give up and run

Cause finding the right foundation brought on many complications
For there were many combination's of so many medications
Which made the odds of my right meds getting found so small
That I'd be lucky if they ever found them at all

For years I went through this trial and error
From doctor to doctor a life full of terror
This one allergic that one too tired
This one flat-lined that one too wired

Thousands of pills I've taken so far
A hundred different meds and none up to par
My only success is that I'm still alive
Lucky as hell my liver survived

Just long enough for the right med to be found
And who would have guessed it a plant in the ground
The doctor gave me a pipe and said it would help me
Here smoke this its called THC

It will ease my pain and calm my anxiety
And with a firm look on his face said try it and see
It's now been seven years since I took my first toke
Since my doctor prescribed me what I thought was a joke

And who would have guessed it worked like a charm
Better than any pill I received at the pharm
Its been seven years and I'm still here
No more hospitalizations no life full of fear

My depression is better no random rage
Control of my emotions at the highest stage
Migraine headaches a thing of the past
Obsessions decreased no panic attacks

And who would have guessed such a cure would exist
That could help ME live life to the fullest
My medication was found I could finally see
And enjoy my life no longer scared to be me


Scheme AABB CCDX EEXX FFAX CCGG HHIIJJ KKLL MMNN OOXX PPCF CCFX QQXX RRXD XXCC
Poetic Form
Metre 111110111101 111100101111 1110111111 1011101001 01100100 010010010100 01001001 1111101 11110011101 10111111 00111011 10011010011 101101011 101001011101 111111111 011111111 111111101111 111011100 1101111111 111111111 111111 111111 111111 111111 1110010111011 11111111101 110010101110010 1101011110010 1101111110111 1111011101111 11111110010 110110011110 1101011110 111111110 101111011 010100101111 11001111101 101111001 11011011111 01111101001 0101101011111 111111 111110110100 0101111111101 111101111111 1110011111101 0111111101 101101101101 111010111 110001011111 10101101101 011101010101 1101101 0100111001 01111101101 1111111010 101011111001 001111101111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 2,426
Words 481
Sentences 1
Stanzas 14
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 6, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 58
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 142
Words per stanza (avg) 34
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Submitted on March 10, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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