Wounded
Wounded on the outside
Tears rolling down my face
Easier to hide
Awake to start my day
Trying to distract
The thoughts from the inside
An event runs through the mind
"What ifs' take control
The tears begin to roll
Reluctant to sleep
No way to distract
The nightmares that will haunt
The nightmares are the worse
Repeating each night
With a different ending, always in sight
Those "what ifs" become real
Then relive it when awake
Endless cycle it truly is
But wounded on the outside
So it's easier to hide
Those tears coming from thoughts...
Always on the inside.
About this poem
I needed to write and publish something for a school assignment. So here it is.
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Written on May 11, 2022
Submitted on May 11, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXA XBA XCC XBX XDD XXX AAX A |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 571 |
Words | 110 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
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