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The Empty Room

Wayne O'Brien

I sit alone in an empty room
As people walk by outside
I can sense my own doom
And there's nowhere to hide
I'm lost in a misunderstanding world
And I need to find my way
"Why are you so different?"
I hear people say
I sit in an empty room
As empty as my soul
The only light is coming from the moon
And everything starts to glow
I'm lost in a misunderstanding world
And I begin to weep
I have seen the Lord
Then backed into a hole that's deep
I sit alone in an empty room
And I don't like the feeling
I see myself in great loom
And I back away again.
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Submitted on May 28, 2016

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AbabCdedafghCijiAkal
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 530
Words 117
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
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Wayne O'Brien

I grew up in a trailer park in fairly rough town and saw drugs and many many gangs everyday. I was introduced to drugs death and street life at an early age while blessed/cursed with vivid dreams, many have come to pass. After the suicide of my first girlfriend I became addicted to cocaine and free-base and experimented with many other drugs. I quit those on Sept. 12 2001 (my senior year in high school) and have been clean sense(woot) and found God several years later. Many of my poem are a direct honest account of my past, although there are some poems of mine here that are actually songs I wrote. I can be blunt and honest, so that's all I'm saying here for now. read my poetry and songs and tell me what you think. Be blunt and honest like me :) more…

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