Crumbling
For so long I have been suffocating,
in a world where no amount of oxygen
could ever ease my pain
I have tried time and time again to
fit in, to please, to belong somewhere
I was never wanted in the first place
and it is this excruciatingly vast effort
to be something, someone I am not
that has not only suffocated me, but it
has stifled and stunted my growth.
I was always trying to build something
beneath someone else’s weight and
I kept crumbling, but now it’s different.
I was trying to push my way through the
pavement, but instead I put down roots
in field I better belong.
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Written on 2018
Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 05, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJAKLMNO |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 585 |
Words | 114 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
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