stiff air
stiff air
I wonder who would care
The teacher in the room?
A kid or two?
Maybe the desk and chair?
But it seems to me that
no one cares.
Perhaps a fly on the wall
Maybe the crying girl in the bathroom stall.
Stiff air and the typing of keys
Dim bulbs in need of replacing
Does anyone care?
Leg thump-thumping
Mind tick-ticking
I have so much to do for people who don't care.
stiff air.
I would like to breathe again.
About this poem
Written in context of feeling alone, isolated, as someone who has anxiety and tends to overthink. Written in a school setting, the poem is meant to be relatable to other students.
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Written on September 18, 2023
Submitted by trinity_l on November 07, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AabcadeffghahhaAi |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 420 |
Words | 94 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
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