A Bitter Soul



Alone.
Desolate.
Obsolete.
Obscured.

There's darkness in my heart
Right where my soul used to be
You can only find my eye
Lying in the coffin next to me

I lay awake in the dark off the heat
When my soul will awake
Hiding beneath

Desperation.
I wait.
In the pit of my sympathy

And am chewed up like cake
Vomited in the middle of the street

Sound dissipates
Life isn't what it used to be

My silent fate
Stares, and walks up to kiss me

I am so cold.
Standing between two cacti leaves
With thirst so warm
I can almost taste my feet

It's bitter. It's sweet.
It's so bitter sweet.

Too bitter to eat.
A stolen and forgotten seed.
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Submitted by sheryl9gray on June 15, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXAX XBXB ACX XDB CA XB DB XXXA AA AX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 639
Words 146
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2

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