Bleed
The little letters on the floor,
Ripped and scattered.
Some went under the bed,
some went near the door.
Words were scribbled,
on every paper that is laid.
Huddled in the corner is the writer,
Holding herself tightly together.
Too many pens were broken,
none of them stood a chance.
The sharp plastic tore through her skin,
there she wept with bloody hands.
The dim light made it harder to see,
but her toes felt the ink stained floor.
Her white dress soiled with black,
yet she doesn't care anymore.
About this poem
This poem is about that fleeting feeling of losing control as you fight for freedom from your own mind.
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Written on July 24, 2022
Submitted by gorres.izzy0602 on September 18, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXXA XXBB XXXX XAXA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 503 |
Words | 108 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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