Flesh
Rachel Cooper 2009 (Charleston)
I stumble into the bathroom.
I glance into the mirror.
What has become of me?
I touch and feel at once was.
The dripping becomes more prominent.
I look down.
Red is hard to get off rugs.
I look back up.
In the mirror, I pick at flaws that I can still see.
I'm fleshless and I still find imperfection.
I've ripped all that once was and I see now.
I will never be satisfied.
About this poem
I made this to get out some of those thoughts and insecurities.
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Written on September 03, 2023
Submitted by ranchtheco0lest on September 10, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 383 |
Words | 97 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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