A Bitter Soul
Alone.
Desolate.
Obsolete.
Obscured.
There's darkness in my heart
Right where my soul used to be
You can only find my eye
Lying in the coffin next to me
I lay awake in the dark off the heat
When my soul will awake
Hiding beneath
Desperation.
I wait.
In the pit of my sympathy
And am chewed up like cake
Vomited in the middle of the street
Sound dissipates
Life isn't what it used to be
My silent fate
Stares, and walks up to kiss me
I am so cold.
Standing between two cacti leaves
With thirst so warm
I can almost taste my feet
It's bitter. It's sweet.
It's so bitter sweet.
Too bitter to eat.
A stolen and forgotten seed.
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Submitted by sheryl9gray on June 15, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XABX XCXC BDX XAC DB XC AC XXXB BB BX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 639 |
Words | 146 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2 |
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