Analysis of Colored Apnea



Bedded and cold. I want to go home.
I can feel what it is like to miss my old blankets
And I want to go back. Nothing in front of me feels worth remembering.
Everything in the past does, but I remember less
And less of it as I get older.

Was it all as terrible as it is now? Was there always less vibrancy?
Is my child’s mind the only kind that was able to sense reliable joy?
I must believe these to be true because I am
Naturally regressing to juvenile traits.
It’s only a matter of time before I suck on a tit like an infant.

I am killing myself for the nobility of a pure mind.
No pain and no suffering.
Inert death welcomed by a blissful fume.
If I cease to have my soul breathe what replaces its mold?
Regardless, I’ll discover it soon enough.

I always knew this to be certain, but I thought there would be more.
That’s why I programmed the long term.
If I had known it was so short, I would have taken
The chance to be more of a fool. At least then I would have more color to forget.


Scheme XXAXX XXXXX XAXXX XXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 100111111 1111111111110 011111100111110100 100011110101 011111110 111110011111111100 1111010111101101001 110111110111 1000111001 1100101101111011110 111011001001011 1101100 0111010101 11111111101011 01010101101 111111101111111 1111011 1111111111110 01111101111111110101
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 1,003
Words 219
Sentences 19
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 4
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 40
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 191
Words per stanza (avg) 50

About this poem

A reflection on memory loss in young adulthood.

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Written on March 23, 2022

Submitted by xombnehwbtclmmgpqd on March 23, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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