4%
Diverted eyes
Thinking about trying to read minds
when making up my story
gets stale but ongoing
Diverging lies
Knowing the headlines aren't the frontlines
is false solace anyway
illusion = delusion
Diminished cries
Misery is the price of admission
accepting the score
is seldom done internally
Deleted whys
Sanity is not so easily preserved
forgetting some memories
doesn't vanquish the pain
Defeated sighs
Comforting nonetheless is,
slowly but surely, –suffocating each–
our guilt will not be the same
About this poem
I wrote this (circa 2012) contemplating how l am different from others. It's true that everyone is different in different ways, but there is a minority of true uniqueness among the mainstream masses of humanity.
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Submitted by JokerGem on January 23, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXBX AAXC ACXB AXXX AXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 511 |
Words | 84 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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