dull knives



Dull knives

My mind is like a dull knife,
Should be cutting to the bone getting rid of  the pain,
But it just lays on the surface of your arm as tears drop,
“Youll never be good enough you’ll never go anywhere”,
You push and push until it pierces your skin,
But it just sits there on your pale skin,
“Is this what they think of me”
“a dull knife, not good for anything”

About this poem

ive always felt like a dull knife. and until I tried to cut myself with a dull knife I noticed the true feeling behind it

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Submitted by petersoncooper335 on November 05, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEEFG
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 379
Words 74
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8

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