Analysis of Cracks
The crack on the door tells me what's coming.
Fear shrouds me, keeping me
Stuck to the spot.
The barrage keeps coming
I shrink further and further into myself.
I am quivering-
Waiting on it all to stop.
Hoping soon I will be alone and
The only sound will be my tears.
Tears of someone who fears she can never live up to
His expectations.
Fear follows me
I try not to walk on the cracks of the path
Keeping my mind off the cracks inside me.
Friendships are fractured-
Were they real anyway?
Isolation burns inside of me.
I am not worthy of love, of that I am sure,
Too long I have felt the bullets from others
Too afraid to let go and let people in
What if? What if? What if?
Isolation is safer and I'm better off alone.
There are no cracks on the walls
There is no way out.
I'm trapped in my mind and in my own home.
Nothing is clear.
The ground is eggshells- I'm careful
They can't all be avoided.
My mind is screaming- it wants to break free
I can't find the key,
I'm trapped
Behind the barriers I've built
Around myself.
Cracks appear on my skin
Turmoil and pain are too much to bare
I cannot take anymore
I need it to show
Physical pain is easier to bare
It doesn't take long for shame to appear
And I begin to believe all the horror again:
I am selfish, unworthy and shouldn't be here
There are cracks everywhere
Let some have light
If they do not, I fear they'll never repair.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0110111110 111101 1101 001110 1110010011 11100 1011111 101111010 01011111 111111110111 1010 1101 11111101101 1011101011 10110 01110 01010111 111101111111 11111010110 10111101100 111111 0101100110101 1111101 11111 1101100111 1011 0111110 1111010 1111011111 11101 11 01010011 011 101111 10111111 110101 11111 1001110011 1101111101 0101101101001 111001001011 11110 1111 11111111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,390 |
Words | 296 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 11, 11, 11 |
Lines Amount | 44 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 268 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 68 |
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