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Walls

Brandon Thorne

Free verse
Do you hear them call?
Do you hear them cry?
My walls
Have something to hide.
Not on this side
Nor on the other
Will you help me find them?
Please
They’ve begun to smother.
Do you see it
Is it visible?
Do you feel it
Is it tangible?
No
It is only me.

About this poem

This poem, written when I was 18, speaks on the psychosis and paranoia associated with my substance abuse.

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Written on January 01, 2012

Submitted by thornebelee on March 22, 2024

Modified by thornebelee on March 22, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDDEFGEHIHIJK
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 252
Words 61
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
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Brandon Thorne

 · 1994 · Cape Girardeau

I am a 29 year-old African American. I began writing poetry as a means to cope with depression and routine incarceration and now looking to put some of it out there to be hopefully enjoyed. Thank you. more…

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