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Who am I

Who am I 1990 (Nova Friburgo rj)

Free verse
Who am I
I wanted to be everything I could be, choose a being.
Be who I should be.
So little of anything, so much of someone else, so nothing to the world.
Be her, be you.
Maybe I don't even exist in this infinite pile of things, things of being, of having, of nothingness.
I am who

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As if we live in another universe, I don't fit into contexts and patterns. I think endlessly about the being that I am. I think and put it on paper.

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Written on November 06, 2021

Submitted by natachablaut on June 11, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFE
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 276
Words 58
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
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Who am I

In an infinite world of wanting, being someone is as frustrating as the possibilities of being nothing. Thoughts are infinite. more…

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