An Open Book
There is a hole in me where I can feel but not touch where it gapes but is never filled
It’s a heart-shaped hole in me
Sometimes the empty hole creeps wider when I'm not looking
it begs to be spilled out where it would consume everything
I know it’s ugly I know people shouldn’t see it. But it plages me
I want to go on an adventure.
I want to find someone that takes my breath away.
But would that fill my hole? Would it fill my empty heart?
I am waiting for someone to fill in all of the empty space
I falter when I want to talk about it
I am ever-steady when I talk about meaningless things
I turn before anyone can see past the reflection of themselves they see
I want to talk but it’s like my voice has fallen down the hole in me
I am an open book but no one cares to read the ugly parts of me
About this poem
Just another sad poem
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Written on July 31, 2021
Submitted on July 31, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XABBA XXXX XXAA A |
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Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 798 |
Words | 166 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4, 1 |
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