Paralysis



This is paralysis.
Am I loud and clear?

Repetition, repetition
Save me; this is
Relief one inch at a time.

But all this is temporary.
Treading water and
Barely afloat.

Should I
Drop everything and
Collapse into
Anesthesia?

Don't hide.
Resist.

My eyes may be
Sewn shut,
But I can still
See the clouds.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XX XXX ABX XBCC XX AXXX
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 283
Words 54
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 2, 3, 3, 4, 2, 4

eric khong.

I know not who I am just yet, but I will be sure to tell you when I find out.(I posted the poems in reverse order, I think my better poems are to the bottom, personally.) more…

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