Fluctuation
Overextended but empty as hell.
Content but never full.
Wanting to gain but nothing to lose.
Disappearing sideways in the mirror.
Abstract blindness to a reality I can no longer see.
2/3 of the boy I once was yet, inches away from the man I want to be.
Straining for him somewhere in the kaleidoscope of dangerous, angled images.
I'm playing peek-a-boo with my soul.
Here and gone. 1 1=2, 2X2=4.
5-a-day.
Breakfast, lunch and,dinner....
How many square meals to happiness?
Living from hand to mouth.
How long until I'm full again?
Passion starves and desire consumes.
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABCDEEFGHIDJKLM |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 553 |
Words | 98 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
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