I’m too tired



I’m too tired:
She didn’t get enough sleep,
She had too much to do.

I’m too tired:
But you slept so much!
There’s no way that is true.

The tired I know is the tired you don’t see.
The tired that does not care for the naps or the caffeine,
It has the power to create and the power to destroy,
Far too dangerous to attempt to intervene.

They think they know, they think they’re inspired.
But when you ask me why all I can say is:
I’m too tired.

About this poem

A poem about the fatigue that comes with depression and attempts to live a normal life.

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Submitted by jess_w on January 27, 2022

Modified on March 26, 2023

31 sec read
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Quick analysis:

Scheme Axb Axb xcxc axA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 462
Words 106
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 4, 3

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