Trapped Ghost
Chip Fletcher 1985 (Oregon)
Why can’t I leave?
What have you done to me?
I can’t form the right words
For they come back threefold
Why can’t I speak?
What have you done to me?
I can’t find the way
For it leads me back to you
Why can’t I run?
What have you done to me?
I try to fall down the stairs
But it leads me to the top
Why can’t I leave?
What have you done to me?
I tried to take my life
But my life wants me to live
Why can’t I leave?
What’s wrong with me?
What have I done to you?
You won’t let me leave
You won’t leave me be…
…I can’t tell anyone…
Chip Fletcher
2-27-2021
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Submitted by Chipster on February 28, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | AB xx xB xc dB xx AB xx Abcab d xx |
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| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 557 |
| Words | 121 |
| Stanzas | 11 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 5, 1, 2 |
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