Broken Toy
Christina Canter 1987
I feel like a broken toy
Pushed to the bottom of a box
No one will find me here
Through all the waiting
I've become fragile and weak
Parts of me are breaking
Far from what I use to be
Longing to play again
I feel like a broken toy
Waiting to find my maker
How much longer will it last?
These scratches go deeper every day
No longer sure of who I am
I slip farther into darkness
Giving up on all hope
Have I forever lost my way?
I feel like a broken toy
Praying to be fixed
No one can save me now
I have to want it for myself
Too afraid to move
My time is slipping far away
I have to take a chance
Or in this box I will always stay
About this poem
Just a time I was feeling down.
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Submitted by Ccanter6 on February 12, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | Axxbxbxx Axxcxxxc Axxxxcxc |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 646 |
Words | 141 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
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