i am my me own enemy
The monstrous thoughts smack at my wretched door
I take a tiny peep through my broken window and kindly ignore
The knocks decide to get louder and vulgar
As though the screams of a banshee seething with hunger
The scrawny mind cries in sheer despair
The enemies flood the battleground with a mission to impair
Crushing all hope of fight they rein power, axing my inner voice
I kneel to the torment, the skeleton I have become without a solitary choice
I despairingly quest for help but not a bit is served
I turn to my reflection with a disbelieving promise to preserve
My shattered echo a starving heart
Chapters of my life an exhibit in which my cries have become tattoos of art
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Submitted on July 16, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AABB CCDD XXEE |
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Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 669 |
Words | 124 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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