Bad foundation

M.R.P 2000 (Bushbuckridge)



Built on the wrong foundation
It is really unstable
We need to demolish it
Uproot the foundation
And rebuild

I feel the crack on the shell
And I am afraid
I try to seal it
But I can't
I try to stay in but I no longer fit
Is this my end


What I don't know is
It's the beginning
It's time to meet the real world

I am being pushed
Out of the womb, my house
And I am afraid
I don't know where I am going
I try to swim back
But the force pulling me is a lot stronger
My house is being destroyed
Where am I to survive

As clay
I am remodeled
I was already a structure
But I dried too quick
I wouldn't last
I would crack and crash very simple
I was beautiful to the eyes that looked
And now I am in a bowl with a lot of water
I am melting, I am being crushed
I'm broken, I'm in bad shape
I'm all over the place
I try to keep collected
But the force reaping me apart is stronger
I wonder what the potter is doing
I wonder, will I still be as pretty to the eye as before
Will they still adore
Or this is my new shape
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Written on October 25, 2018

Submitted by proxj707 on July 24, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme abcax xDcxcx xex xxDexfxx xxfxxbxfxgxxfehhg
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,010
Words 223
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 5, 6, 3, 8, 17

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