A place to Sleep

Jonathan Welch 1992 (Pittsburgh, PA)



I sit alone in this darkened room,
I check the clock, it's only noon.
Yet, thoughts persist, so relentless,
What can I do to finally end this?
The demons bang against the door,
The window's locked but they want more.
Each piece they chip away from me,
Takes me further from sanity.
The darkness it seems is all I have,
No hand of God for me to grab.
The voices yelling outside the door,
Shall haunt me now forevermore.
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Written on July 11, 2022

Submitted by jonathanw.16845 on July 11, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCCDDEEFGDD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 418
Words 90
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12

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