Chameleon
Elijah Ramos 1995
They stare as if they don’t believe.
Could this be a facade or the real thing?
I’ll tell them that it’s me,
Because who else could it be?
Gentle smiles and rolling laughter.
Blending in like a chameleon.
Giving out what I thought was my best,
As if I had a place amongst the rest.
Holding onto obsessions never learning any lessons.
I’ll only be but a moment I told them,
But I’ve been gone for awhile now.
My body now lies in a crevice of unfortunate events.
Every inch of my heart turned into ice,
And I feel entirely too numb.
I became something unforeseen.
They stare as if they still don’t believe.
Every word I’ve spoken.
Every movement of my feet.
Neither here nor there yet I’m everywhere;
A chameleon.
I’ll tell them that they were right.
I’ve never been myself.
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Written on December 22, 2023
Submitted by Arx7Echo on December 22, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 795 |
Words | 168 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 6, 5, 2 |
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