Butterflies



Every breath, a weight

on my chest, reluctantly

comes, being chased

only by my

quickening pulse.

A knife slips between

my ribs and with

every word that passes over my lips, it

twists.

A silent scream is trapped

behind my teeth.

Butterflies with knives

are cutting up

my insides.

About this poem

This poem is inspired by Juliet Simm's and Automatic Loveletter's song "Butterflies."

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Written on 2016

Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 04, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X X X X X X X X X X X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 291
Words 65
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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  • johnwick
    sheeeeesh this is bad
    LikeReply1 year ago

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