Control
I'm all alone
Trapped in my own mind
Don't know how I got here but
I feel There's something I must find
Empty and silent
I won't be denied
Things locked away, kept secret
The threads begin to unwind
In a corner of my mind
There is a room painted white
within there is a mirror
But looking may be unwise
For inside the mirror
There’s a malevolent being
Able to alter
And shift how it’s seen
Although it seeks to break me
There is some truth to glean
Blink once if you can hear me
Blink twice to show that you can see
The things I want to leave behind
The things I just wish would die
All I see are broken things
Twisted whims and shattered dreams
soulless eyes
staring at what once was me
The things I hid from prying eyes
I know that now I must find
And I know now that its time
To reclaim what was once mine
Still haven’t found what I need
What’s buried deep beneath
All of the pain and deceit
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About this poem
My (unmedicated) 8th-grade self decided to write this, so try not to cut yourself on this edge.
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Submitted by holmanchris74 on October 25, 2021
Modified on May 01, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | X A B A X X B A A X C D C X C E F E F F A X X X F D A X X X X G G |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 896 |
Words | 184 |
Stanzas | 33 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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