Child Within
Darkness surrounds me
I feel cold and all alone
Deserted
My heart has frozen
I am drowning in my sorrow
Misery awakens me
My eyes are swimming in puddles of salty water
Tears pouring down my cheeks like rain
Love has fallen on deaf ears
Heart torn open
I am shattering into a million tiny pieces
My mind is telling me I am crazy and insane
What have I become?
I look into the mirror each morning
and see a stranger looking back at me
Who is this person?
I lean forward to take a better look
I see a little child who is frightened and scared
That child is me.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABCDEAFGHDIGJKADLMA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 540 |
Words | 111 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
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