Mask

Samantha Bobo 2002 (Hawaii)



My throat hoarse but I can't scream anymore,
My fists bloodied against this damned floor,
But my mask is still safe,
I still have my own place,
It cracks and it shatters,
My feelings don't even matter,
Tears becoming blood,
I was never truly loved,
Piece by piece it falls,
Staining crimson on these walls,
My mask I worked so hard to seal,
Now being ripped and pealed,
I can't hide myself any longer,
Demons becoming my very own stalkers,
My place I worked so hard for,
Now a field of war.
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Submitted by samanthab.62660 on March 07, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABCDEFGHHIFEDAA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 475
Words 92
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16

Samantha Bobo

Samantha Bobo is an American citizen and at a young age wrote dark and gruesome topics. more…

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