Embers
Creature of habit
Prone to self sabotage
I think I'm OK
Mesmerized by this mirage
What's it going to take?
Always cutting my own throat
Blew it all again
It's all going up in smoke
Trying to extinguish the flames I've fed
Like a candle burning from both ends
Out of the ashes the embers ascend
Burning me to the wick again
I'm the best of my worst enemies
The championship belongs to me
I always want to be alone
But I can't do this on my own
I can't remember making the scratch
But I'm always the one holding the match
Trying to extinguish the flames I've fed
Like a candle burning from both ends
Out of the ashes the embers ascend
Burning me to the wick again
About this poem
I've been addressing my mental health and my own problems.
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Written on November 05, 2022
Submitted by Cody.johnwaine on November 06, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | xaxaxxbx CDEB xxffgg CDEB |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 665 |
Words | 133 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 4, 6, 4 |
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