Losing It

Onyx Perth 1983 (NM)



I can't find it
I lost it
The keys don't FIT
Things don't mean S$!T...

I lost it!
Sparks gone, couldn't keep it lit...
Just needed an outlet,
Instead, became a target...

Can't get it!
Not in the right bracket.
Anytime I'm one way, they're the opposite.
While I make the case, turn it into a basket...

Not sure if I should submit,
or turn into a bandit...
Oh, the sky is the limit?
Must be why keeping me down is your favorite...

Even when I was the one with the credit,
Well, at least enough to fake it...
Wait, not fake, just run it debit,
Nothing was ever low budget...

Then it blew up like a rocket,
Trade one for another bad habit
Maybe I should just forfeit
Cause I'll never be in another's pocket...

All of it
I can't find it
I think I'm losing it
I lost it

Don't think this is legit?
Darkness fills where there used to be a spirit.
Bit by bit,
they made sure to keep me grounded.

I think I'm losing it...
I think I lost it.

About this poem

Written about the times when you've lost something, lost everything, or feel like your losing your mind.

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Written on January 24, 2022

Submitted by author.onyx.perth on March 15, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAax Aaxb aabb abba baaa bbab aAAA abax Aa
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 938
Words 218
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2

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