The Sensors Are Wrong
They keep picking up limestone
When I'm surrounded by gems.
I'm floating in space
And they tell me I'm facing north.
How do I get back to land?
I'm running out of oxygen
And I can barely see my spaceship.
The answer should be simple,
But I don't want to solve it.
God, I love space.
I love the peaceful nothingness
And the stars.
Why am I out here?
I should have a rope.
Did I forget,
Or did I leave it behind?
My sensors are wrong
And I think that it's my fault.
Because I took a hammer to them
And never bothered to fix it.
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Submitted by DaisyMMontgomery on October 20, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 534 |
Words | 124 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 7, 4 |
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