I'm still processing that
Hudson Marais 2003 (Cape Town)
I keep picking fights
with the wall
not because they
did something wrong
But because I
don’t see a reason not to
Shatter proof
The glassiness in my eyes
But yet shattered
The walls of rivers
I keep inside
Right minded
and so lively
Yet the deep dark sleep
has risen before us
one casing away
as it tells me they adore us
They see
a standing pillar
amongst the rocks
and yet ignores
the hours of sand
that had drifted away
to make me stay
Now my soul feels old and weak
and the light has begun to fade
another night
another fight
with the walls
but they chose to stay
About this poem
This is a poem about heartbreak and the loss of a loved one.
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Written on October 13, 2021
Submitted by hudsonmarais07 on August 11, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 573 |
Words | 117 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 6, 7, 6 |
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