Quicksand
Let me tell you where I’m from
I bet you won’t come
I come from a puddle of tears
Where each drop is filled with nightmarish fears
I come from the street
Where the strong eat the weak
I come from the land of the heartless
Where each dead beat beats deeper into darkness
I come from the land of the dead
Where people take their last breath full of lead
I come from a place where eyes see past you
Into the land of outcasts they cast you
I come from skies of grey
Where you gamble with your life to see another day
I come from a place where most die young
Where only sad songs are sung
I come from hell
Have u ever been there?
About this poem
Written about my past
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Written on December 08, 2021
Submitted by CaliforniaChaos on December 09, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AA XX XX BB CC DD EE FF XX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 640 |
Words | 141 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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