Ocean Eyes
Soph Diehl 1999 (Ohio)
She quietly stumbled into the bathroom
When she reached the mirror, a stranger was waiting
This stranger looked tired
Almost as if she was already dead
But her eyes… her eyes were alive
As she gazed into those eyes, she found herself falling
Falling into a cold ocean
The water engulfed her and she tried to fight back but she found herself paralyzed
Not from fear but from exhaustion
As she sunk deeper into the water, she watched the surface grow more distant
Along with her hope of being saved
As her breathing became labored and she succumbed to drowning, a figure wrapped its arms around her
She was brought to the surface, gasping for air
Suddenly, she was once again staring into the mirror
Only this time, there was no stranger
It was only her
About this poem
This poem is about how a young girl feels when she sees herself in the mirror after suffering a mental breakdown.
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Written on September 12, 2021
Submitted on September 13, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 740 |
Words | 136 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2 |
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