Im Extra
Every time I awake
I just fall
I delusionally walk through the day
and hit a wall
I stumble a little
seem to catch myself
put all my thoughts aside
up high on a shelf
I'm numb all the time
I feel it all too
nothing gets past me
yet it does through and through
I'm lonely all day
by my animals help some
but the pain grows deeper
so does it all, but I, still numb
I'm a firecracker in the wind
that explodes with no telling when
I'm the extra in the room
The normal times ten
I stumble and I fall
seem to catch myself
About this poem
I'm bipolar so I've been dealing with being both sides and all the extra my whole life
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Written on November 08, 2022
Submitted by cbeilf02 on November 08, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | xaba xCxc xdxd bexe xfxf aC |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 521 |
Words | 113 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2 |
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