Disappoint
I sit here,
Confined within the walls of my own procrastination;
My head throbs and pounds.
Tears drip down onto my bedsheets and I shiver in exasperation in this pit I’ve dug.
It is hot in this room,
The scalding tension chokes me,
Preventing sobs from escaping my collapsed throat.
My lips tint blue because I hold my breath,
And wonder where it all went wrong.
Here I exist,
Compelled to excel by the deafening success of my peers.
Yet, still in some manner,
I can never be more than the rue of my unspoken legacy.
About this poem
This poem expresses my frustration, struggling with a learning disability, with learning from home. My peers in AP classes did well with remote learning, while I struggled deeply as it affected me for the rest of my scholastic career. My mother had always been gifted academically, and in comparison to her I struggled, knowing my intelligence and struggling so hard to display it.
Written on August 10, 2023
Submitted by adudley_1 on August 29, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLF |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 519 |
Words | 108 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
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