Living in the shadows



A rusty blade on the floor.
Bloodstains trail to the door.
Silence contaminates the air.
This room is plastered with despair.
The haunting fear of her death.
The suffocating chills of desperation and regret.
Her lifeless body on the ground.
If only she had someone around.
She fought for a life he wanted to take.
Had second thoughts.
When it was to late.
Now she took control of his fate

About this poem

This poem was written in a journal of mine in 2016, its about all the feelings i had and dealing with my depression

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Written on January 05, 2015

Submitted by athenarose0320 on February 15, 2022

Modified on March 06, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABBCDEEFGHH
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 388
Words 81
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12

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