Detached

Asfa Iman 2001 (Pakistan)



A sense of belonging, i lack
Want to see colors around, but it's dull and black
From home to hostel, hostel to home
It feels like, i nowhere belong

With people i meet, to subjects i study
I find myself detached and sturdy
It's me being controversial
Or is it universal
We try to mold
To hold on to people, we never belonged

In some vulnerable state
I say what we all can relate
"Where are my people, where are my peers"
I'm forfeited and in tears

In this world, i want change
But everything feels same and lame
Feeling so far away
I'm kind of astray

But now, i like to  roam
And somehow, I've grown
I'm no more prone
To this Cyclone
Of dismay and terror
And I reckon, it'll get better

About this poem

This poem is about a feeling, everybody at some point in their lives have felt. This poem beautifuly yet in simple words gives voice to those emotions

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Written on March 05, 2023

Submitted by asfaeman01 on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABX CCDDXX EEXX XXFF BGGGHH
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 692
Words 142
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 6, 4, 4, 6

Asfa Iman

She is a student of English literature at Lahore college for women university, Pakistan. She likes to express herself with the power of words. In her poems, you'll find both cheerfulness and melancholy. Main theme of her poems is life and life is an amalgam of happy and sad moments. more…

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