Analysis of My own WORST enemy

Robert James Greiner 1973 (California)



I feel like I'm my own worst enemy.
As I get older I believe this just might be the end of me.

Perfection with only one flaw as she only see flaws
Everyday I remind her how beautiful she is in person, by text, and on calls

I have always known she is out of my league. It's true, I say it all the time, ask her you'll see.
Just a stepping stone until she realizes what she could be

I have been tired for so long, and begging for eternal sleep.
But she makes me laugh, smile, and we have great conversations that sometimes get too deep.

She makes me not want to work and spend every waking minute just being next to her.
It's feel like my condition is terminal and she is the cure

My subconscious mind has taken the wheel.
Driving us to a point that we dont yet see and can't yet feel.

My life's goal is to have her see
what me and everyone else sees.
Beautiful, smart, funny, whitty and an occasional bitch please!

It has driven me to free her mind of her families neglect
Find new experiences, see beautiful things, maybe make a video


Scheme AA XX AA BB XX CC ADD XX
Poetic Form
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Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 1,042
Words 220
Sentences 12
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 47
Words per line (avg) 12
Letters per stanza (avg) 100
Words per stanza (avg) 25

About this poem

My inner turmoil with my best friends/lovers death and my current situation which is nearly at its end.

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Written on September 22, 2022

Submitted by robertg.36642 on September 28, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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