Analysis of Dirt



I never quite fit in, felt like, there’s nowhere I belong
This feeling made me, soft hearted probably to headstrong.

No comfort in my body, it hurts and fails me,
No comfort from my loved ones, everybody’s bailed me.

I am all alone, undisputedly alone,  
I do have my kids who live with me in this home

But do I really live here? Or do I live inside my head?
It's a constant struggle, daily, wishing I was dead

I moved across the country, twice in just a year,
Dragged my children with me, nobody to lean on, so it would appear.

I asked my Boy's Dad to take them, for just a while,  
After my new husband died and I forgot how to smile.

He said this is Karma for treating him so bad,
That’s my children’s father, they’re embarrassed to call him Dad.

So I took them on a grieving journey of a woman half insane,
The other half has tumors growing on my brain.

Sometimes I think; Should my Kin take some extra care?
To see if we’re ok, but nope, they wouldn’t dare.

I’ve made no secrets of what I think is right,
For that I’ve lost friends and family, literally overnight.

Most of the time I’ve learned to sooth myself, but this one really hurt,
I just want to have one solid person, to put my roots inside their Dirt.
Lisa Meehan ©️2023


Scheme AA BB XX CC DD EE FF GG HH II JJX
Poetic Form
Metre 1101101111101 1101111010011 110011011011 1101111111 11101101 111111111011 111101111110111 1010101010111 110101010101 111011111111101 111111111101 10111010101111 111110110111 11101010101111 11111010101010101 010111010111 011111111101 11101111111 11110111111 1111101001000101 110111111111101 111111101011110111 1010
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 1,273
Words 270
Sentences 13
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 41
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 85
Words per stanza (avg) 22

About this poem

I wrote this poem after my spouse relapsed and then passed away from addictions, after his child was taken from him by the Billionaire wife of a First Nation Cheif, on the Mother's side after her passing. Now the child has lost both of her natural parents and is being raised by a woman from Wales.

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Submitted by lisamcrae1975 on June 22, 2023

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