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Break Free

Ted Lohman

December 23 
I'm just mentally ill enough
To disassociate
Barely conscious of what I am
Still I contemplate

I'm just emotional enough
To know I'm scarred
Able to tell what cut
A mind broken and marred

I'm just insecure enough
To not reconcile
Struggle for self-worth
Every reflection reviled

Let go of all it
Ease a troubled mind
Lay these burdens down so
All that's coiled can unwind
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Written on December 13, 2023

Submitted by theo.lohman on December 13, 2023

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Scheme ABXB ACXC AXXX XDXD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 376
Words 71
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
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