Being yourself
Karolina Marszałkowska 1993 (Gdańsk)
An empty shell I thought you were
Made itself full enough to feel
After consuming living hell
The day would come foryou to kill
Your body would be burnt to dust
Your soul shattered without hope
Your mind insane from pain and lust
Your heart - history kept on hold
That's what it takes for you to scream
See how it hurts to feel the life
How it blinds while still unseen
And how devours you from inside
It's only fair for heaven's sake
That you experience what we do
Take it all or live as fake
That's what it takes to be just you
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Submitted by shadelady on September 09, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XXXX AXAX XXXX BCBC |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 514 |
Words | 105 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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