Insecurity
To be honest,
I wish I had some confidence
My insecurity feels bottomless
My flaws are all too prominent
I’m sick of my self-consciousness
I try not to be obvious
Hope everyone’s oblivious
Hope I don’t look too hideous
Spiraling through the abyss
I am so fed up with this.
About this poem
This poem details the struggles of having low self-esteem.
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Written on September 09, 2022
Submitted by elisheva.b28 on September 09, 2022
Modified on April 14, 2023
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| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 280 |
| Words | 53 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
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