MISUNDERSTOOD
MISUNDERSTOOD
BY:SHERRELL THOMPSON
SITTING IN A QUIET ROOM DEEP IN THOUGHT,
THINKING ABOUT ALL THE TRIALS YOU DONE FOUGHT.
GOING CRAZY IN ALL DIRECTIONS IN YOUR MIND,
WONDERING WHY YOU ARE SO HELPFUL AND KIND.
MISUNDERSTOOD
FIGHTING YOURSELF WHILE PEELING EVERY STRAND,
CAN ANYONE REALLY UNDERSTAND.
IM TELLING YOU MY TRUTH AND PAIN,
MY FEELINGS YOU DON’T RETAIN WHEN I EXPLAIN.
MISUNDERSTOOD
IM CRYING OUT FOR YOU TO RELATE,
I BUILT UP SO MUCH HATE I WANT TO RECREATE.
HEARING PARTS TO RUN AND TELL THE EMENY,
SPREADING RUMORS NOW YOU THE FRIENEMY.
MISUNDERSTOOD
IN A SKIRMISH WITHSELF BUILDING TO SUPREMACY,
LOOSING MY SANITY CONTRADICTING MY INTEGRITY.
GAZING AT MY SOUL NOT KNOWING MY PRORITIES,
COMING AND GOING STEADY FORGETING MY QUALITIES.
MISUNDERSTOOD
FEELING ALONE OVER THINKING AND STRESSED OUT,
TRYING TO SURMOUNT AND NOT SHOUT.
RECALCULATING YOUR THOUGHTS TO GO THE LENGTH,
NOT KNOWING THEY PREYING FOR U TO LOSE UR STREENGTH.
MISUNDERSTOOD
NOW YOU GOING THRU A TRAGIC MOMENT N NEED ADVISE,
TELLING URSELF I NEED HER SO SUCK UP N PAY THE PRICE.
DON’T WANNA HEAR, ADVISE, OR LISTEN,
BUT PURPORTING AND DISSIMULATING IS NOT THE VISION.
NOW IM UNDERSTOOD
About this poem
THIS POEM WAAS WRITTEN FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO EVER FELT LIKE THEY WERE BEING MISUNDERSTOOD OR FELT LIKE NONE UNDERSTANDS THEM
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Written on March 25, 2023
Submitted by sherrell_t on April 08, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AB CCDD EEFF GGBX HHHX IIJJ XXBB A |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,446 |
Words | 244 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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