Tired As Time
Tired As Time
Tired as time in worn out shoes
Trying to shed fatigue
At the end of a long week
Endless demands from every direction
With goal posts that keep
Moving away from me
And a shrinking pocket book
So little to spare.
I’m so exhausted my breath aches
Feet hurt from so much walking
Around in circles, spinning in place
Soreness is a daily dull pain
A set of muscles I never knew I had
Feels like ill fitting clothes
Dragging me around instead.
Numbers count digital spaces here
Why oh why must I do
Something so hard to earn
Money going from my hand to theirs?
Must life be a sorry set
Labor for someone’s profit
I would rather laugh and love all day
Instead I am wiped out for nothing.
Sleep seems so easy for the shabby
A tortured body drip dries slowly
The dirt of the day lingers
And the sweat traces in tears
My body sinks like a stone
Depressing my bed in gravity
So heavy even a cheerful atmosphere
Weeps like a forgotten orphan.
Copyright © 2025 Charles Edward York
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About this poem
This poem is for everyone of us who feel so tired at the end of the day even the end of the week that sleep feels elusive, and our body feels like a sinking stone.
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Written on February 14, 2025
Submitted by charlesedwardyork on February 14, 2025
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | X XXXAXBXX XCXXXXX XXXDXXXC BBXDXBXA XX |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 1,214 |
| Words | 236 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 8, 7, 8, 8, 2 |
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