Paradox Of Loneliness Is Cause & Effect
E.S. Conway 1985 (United Kingdom)
I’m drowning in the open air,
I’m suffocating as I breath,
Feeling the burden of nothingness,
And in the nothing I believe.
Because you never looked my way,
Or acknowledged me at all.
I’m the girl who slipped through the cracks,
Who you never noticed fall.
I’m the girl left gasping breaths,
Two decades past your blindness.
I’m the girl drowning in life,
Because you never showed me kindness.
I’m the girl you broke then tarnished,
And had the gall to try to teach.
I’m the girl who sees your truth,
And the lies of which you preach
I’m the girl who nearly burned,
when they said it was all a game.
The one you freed and told not to tell,
Lest they come for me again.
So here I am, I’m drowning,
I’m the girl without a voice.
A junkie hooked on my broken past,
Of which I never had a choice.
Because you didn’t have the strength,
Or even the desire.
To do your job as you know you should,
When you see a child in a pyre.
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Submitted by almostemily on May 23, 2021
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 918 |
Words | 180 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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