Lost

Bailey Sally 1967 (Victoria)



Uncertainty overwhelms me in a way I have never experienced, it plays with my emotions evoking fear, questioning motives. It drives me to challenge myself:-

My poem
Fine lines, thin lines
Crazy in between lines
Confusion is eminent
The future never known
Intentions are noble but in the process are thrown
The arrow points to an undeniable quest
But the path can be hazy
Misguiding at best
Throw down in trepidation
Surrender at will
Lead me to that starlit signpost
I'm waiting here still

About this poem

Written while in a very vulnerable place, shortly after discovering infidelity

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Submitted by sal67jane on January 13, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

26 sec read
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Quick analysis:

Scheme X XAAXBBCXCXDXD
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 492
Words 87
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 13

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