Analysis of Pieces of My Past: An Assortment of Words from a Difficult Time
Have you ever lain in your bed and just cried?
because you're ugly?
Because you're not good enough for anyone?
Counted your flaws head to toe, making yourself feel worse?
Cried because all the comments people blurt out actually hurt?
Cried because your family is dysfunctional and never understands you?
They tell you to stop complaining.
You have it better than kids in Africa,
Even though they don't understand your life either?
You don't want to feel like an attention seeker,
So you bottle everything up.
With friends and family, you've created this lying smile...
And worst of all, people believe it.
But at night time, when you're all alone in bed,
The girl who everyone always thought was so happy
Is crying her broken heart out.
Telling someone who has depression to "just get over it and be happy" is like telling someone with a broken leg to run to a hospital.
Telling someone with an eating disorder to "just eat and don't worry about your body" is like telling someone who just got shot to go hug his shooter.
Telling someone to "shut up" or "leave me alone" when they ask for help is putting the pill in their hand, the bleach in their cup, their head in the noose, the gun in their hands.
Think before you speak.
Put down the glass
Turn on the light
Don't cry yourself to sleep tonight
Someone loves you
Someone cares
Please don't push me over there.
I won't tell you you're wrong or you're right
But I'll let you cry on my shoulder 'till it's all alright
If that's what it takes to show you you're loved
Then I will do it a million times over
You're in pain
And I know it
Don't hide behind that smile
The others may buy it
But I see your suffering
Don't suffer in silence
Talk to me
The scars aren't worth it
You come to me broken
I want to make you whole
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101011011 01110 0111101110 1011111100111 101101010111001 101110010100010011 11111010 11110110100 10111011110 111111101010 1110101 11010010101101 011110011 11111110101 01110111110 11001011 1011101011110101101110110101111010 1011110010111011001110111011111111110 101111111011111111001011010111100101011 10111 1101 1101 11011101 111 11 1111101 111111111 1111111101111 1111111111 11111010110 101 0111 110111 010111 1111100 110010 111 011011 111110 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,731 |
Words | 331 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 5, 4, 20 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 276 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
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Submitted on January 24, 2015
Modified on March 14, 2023
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