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Free Fall

Chinelo Olebunne

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Free Fall By Olebunne Chinelo

Hanging onto sanity by a thin thread
I look beneath to see the welcoming arms of insanity fully spread
Wide enough to engulf my small frame in a soothing embrace

I hear a little whisper to hang on
But it's better I abandon
This futile attempt at hanging on
So I let go of that thin thread
and relish the feeling of freedom in
Falling with abandon
The care-less feeling of free fall

About this poem

This is a poem that tells the story of man's continual struggle to remain sane, and how he finally loses.

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Written on October 04, 2022

Submitted by nelooma5 on October 05, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A BBX CDCBXDA
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 414
Words 81
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 3, 7
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Chinelo Olebunne

Chinelo Olebunne is a Nigerian creative content writer who writes original, creative, and unique contents. As a wordsmith, she strongly believes that there a thousand and one stories to be told and she strives to be the medium through which they reach the page. She has also worked with numerous brands as a copy, content, and creative writer. Her works include over 10 short stories, 15 poems, and one poem anthology. Chinelo ranked first place in the 2022 PROFWIC Fiction Crime Genre Challenge Honorary List, and was among the Top 15 contestants in the 2022 PROFWIC POETRY CONTEST on Climate Change. Her interests include reading, writing, researching, music, traveling, and organizing writing classes. more…

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