What did I do before?
What did I do before?
Before I took a breath, before my last death?
What did I do before this life, to give me this misery?
you see, I must have committed crimes unforgivable, am I really capable?
Was I capable? Do I deserve this, did I bring it on myself to live in this black sea?
Suffocating, interrogating, infuriating me? sometimes I see, maybe this was me? The monster was set free.
Too worn down to let the monster out now.
This is my punishment.
Karmas kiss
I do deserve the dark abyss.
I did this.
About this poem
Throughout my life I’ve always wondered why I’ve been so unlucky in health, friendships, family and in general. I’ve wondered if my life is a punishment for something I’ve done in my past, or a past life. This poem is a way of putting those emotions into words and allowing the reader to possibly relate.
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Submitted by Aliciaemily066 on December 12, 2023
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| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 509 |
| Words | 106 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
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