"Tripwires and Traps, Oh My"



My head - my literal head.
Was it all for naught?
Surviving this whole time
Existence is agonizingly painful

Tripping through tripwires
Traps and predators oh my
The small rat survived
Another day in hell

This rat gnaws,
Chews at the wires
Hoping something
Can come out of the darkness

But darkness knows no bounds
There is nothing short of a deep hole
Where trials of survival lay flat
This rat knows what to do

Tripping through tripwires
It scatters around the house
Looking for something to eat
The clever rat escapes death

About this poem

All about my head, the darkest labyrinths that exist in my head.

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Written on February 15, 2023

Submitted by EtherealHydri on March 05, 2024

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Characters 530
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Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

Destiny Hanson

Hi! I actually go by a completely different name than my birth name but it's fine; I'm a disabled, nonbinary and queer af person who specialized in free verse poetry. It seems as though I've been writing in free verse my whole life without knowing until more recently, and that's the annoying part. I live in a group home, planning on going to college to learn more poetic forms on top of my free verse and words so I can get better at my proses and poetry. I LOVE Pokemon, I LOVE video games, i LOVE rock music and I absolutely love a lot of different things. I go under the name of "The Spiteful Poet" on Twitter and Facebook - because I have a lot of fire and am incredibly spiteful towards existence currently, and "Felix Wise" for my chosen name as a nonbinary person. Please respect my chosen name - there's a special meaning behind why I chose my name, and a story. I also go under the pen name of "Hydri", for reasons I will not specify to anyone unless the time comes to it, as someone with an esoteric nature. I run Actually Autistic Voices and The Neurodivergent Outlaw on Facebook, pages I created myself but I'm struggling keeping up with all of my social media activities, especially trying to shift into other things than social media even though I write poetry with a keyboard, not pencil and pen. I am a philosopher and I run information influx - an overload of information, my philosophy is esotericism. If you ever have any questions please let me know, I'm happy to educate on anything if my memory permits! more…

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