Resilient
Resilient
I dream of never being called resilient again
I’m exhausted by strength
Exhausted by always having to stand tall even after it all
Exhausted from the fight to not let myself fall.
Exhausted from picking up the pieces time & time again...
Nothing says resilient quit like putting yourself back together...
My soul craves different.
I want soft. Somewhere safe I can land
I want certainty.
I want certainty that I’ll never be left again...
I want that elusive, ever after.
The one where I’ll never have to be called resilient ever again...
About this poem
I wrote this in 2020 when I was getting used to living with myself alone. Since I have come to find that it's peaceful here.
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Written on June 21, 2020
Submitted by TheTKO on May 05, 2022
Modified on May 03, 2023
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| Scheme | A XB BA C X X XA C A |
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| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 574 |
| Words | 113 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1 |
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