Shackles
Adegoke Yoela 2005 (Jos)
Oh! what a bondage
it held me tight
like a mobile prison
it limits me
it's a shackle
it chained me
it so hard that i can't loose
so tight i can't breath
so narrow i can't move
am held where i don't know
i am attached where i can't fight
how do i face it
oh fear! you've robbed me
you passed like locus
you ate like caterpillar
devoured me with your own teeth
rushed me with your giant feet
what weapon can i use
i wish you where bone i would have broken you
flesh i would have eaten you
blood i would have slayed you
liquid i would have pilled
gas i would have trapped
but, what the heck are you
if you really work in mind
then why do i sweat
why do i have goosebumps
why do my hands stagger
why do my voice break
why all the poundings going on in my chest
it like am on the ring with an invisible opponent
punching a ghost
shooting against a point behind a glass
like the night images dogs bark at
hmm! the that picture of my enemy
bless the fearful.
About this poem
It majorly an expression of my experience with fear.
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Written on October 27, 2022
Submitted by tevytolu on October 27, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXBCB DXXXAX BXEXXD FFFAXF XXDEXX XXXXBC |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 978 |
Words | 211 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
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