The Costs
Everything is happening.
I wonder, what is happiness?
All I know is that,
sometimes, I don't feel sad.
But, when "not sad" is happening,
I don't think that it's happiness.
All I know is that,
I'm numb to all the bad.
And just because I'm functioning,
does not mean that I'm letting in
anyone or anything
I love.
The nothingness is obstructing
my power to feel connection,
to anyone or anything
I love.
And then there is the emptiness.
The guilt and shame of what is left,
the self-awareness of
all that's been lost.
I'm wondering, what's free among the costs?
I'm wondering, what's free?
I'm not.
About this poem
The poem expresses the costs of mental illness and the internal loudness of the silent struggles within when everything appears fine externally.
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Written on November 01, 2023
Submitted by alid.26887 on November 04, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | abCd abCd axaE axaE bxex x x |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 603 |
Words | 131 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 1 |
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