I was Awake
I was Awake
I was flying high high
in the wide wide sky.
An arrow shot me on the heart
I lost my senses
and went down
with all the force earth offered.
Nobody knows
Nobody knows
The door was ajar
A slight line of light came in
of freedom, of wisdom, of life
The door was shut with might and force
and I was sent off
Nobody knows
Nobody knows
A shout and a scream
and I was awake
they were talking
and I was eavesdropping
Nobody knows
Nobody knows
My heart stopped
as words came out of their mouths
sinking me deep deep in the earth
Nobody knows
Nobody knows
My vision blurred
My conscious gone
I was waiting patiently
for the time to stop
and swallow me in
deep in...
Nobody knows
Nobody knows
I was a hunter of the wild
roaming in the jungles of light
admiring the shine
I've never seen
Nobody knows
Nobody knows
Nobody knows that I
was awake that night...
About this poem
This poem is about a person who is completely isolated from the world of happiness. One night she wakes up by the sound of people talking, epistemology of what they are talking about makes her wish the world to swallow her.
Written on January 10, 2022
Submitted by sarakhan180106 on January 09, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | A B B X X X C X D X X X X A E E X X X C X X X D X F X X B F |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 927 |
Words | 240 |
Stanzas | 30 |
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 |
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