Overwhelmed to no End
Overwhelmed to no End
I get sick on bus rides
I stay awake until I cry
I look outside
I can’t see the horizon this time
Maybe the sun set or maybe it’s gone
Maybe I’m okay, or maybe I’m wrong
Heart it breaks right in two
I don’t know what to do
Stomach rumbles high and low
Pushing forward, but where should I go
I left you there all alone
And yet here you are, please watch your tone
When you speak like that
When you speak like that
I know I messed up, I can see
I'm sorry I let you be
Homework drowns me like a flood
But there’s no excuse of how I have shut
You out of my mind and out of my head
I think about you when I go to bed
I think about all that we had
I don’t understand sis, why you aren’t mad
I hear your whispers and I hear your cries
I’m sorry I’m the one who left this time
Losing my sanity over you
Pushing forward and then I pull back through
Confused every day
Don’t know what to say
When you speak like that
When you speak like that
Im losing my friends
And I’m losing it all
I try to believe but I fall
I try to trust in God above
But it’s hard when I think of our love
Im sorry I left you, I didn’t mean to shove
You out but here I stand
With my shaking hands
Im sorry I forgot you
Im sorry I stopped caring
I know you hurt when I see you glaring
When I see your nostrils flaring
I fall apart when I close my eyes
If I fell I dreamt I’d flied
When I see the trees I hear the ocean breeze
When I run away I try to silence my wheeze
I know I haven’t tried
Yet you’ve always been right by my side
I want you to know this time
I won’t choose to leave you behind
I see those tears as they fall
I know I act like I don’t care at all
But I swear I do
I try my best to push through
I try my hardest to understand you
But I can’t read these social cues
I hide away under the dark after day
I imagine myself in a better place where I’m understood
A place where I wondered if I could
But when I see the state of this friendship we have
I know it’s beyond repair
But if you ever need it I’ll be right there
I know I can’t undo all that I’ve done
I know I can’t change what I’ve become
But I want you to know I would do anything for you
I know we’re so distant, but we can push on through
We are best friends for a reason
Trust me when I say this discomfort is only for a season
So if you fall, I’ll pick you up
And if you get lost I’ll show you the way
I hope you know
I love you
11-7-22
Wednesday, December 7th, 2022
About this poem
A poem I wrote for my friend. The intro is just my thought process before it turned to what I really wanted to say.
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Written on December 07, 2022
Submitted by katherineb.45444 on December 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 2,532 |
Words | 569 |
Stanzas | 38 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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