Psychosis



Eyes, black and void,
dead surface that doesn't reflect the storm,
torrent of emotions repressed,
pounding reinforced walls of an amaranthine heart,
no outlets to provide release,
the pressure wears on this fortress,
cracking the solitude of an impregnable mind,
madness seeps in.
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCDEFGH
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 273
Words 43
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8

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