Analysis of Jealousy
I feel trapped under the gaze of inferiority,
As if its devilish hands grasp my throat.
Pull me out and squash me down.
As if I’m hiding behind the shadows,
Of those I once was quaint with.
Watch as they now walk the path I laid out,
As if their shoe size was meant to impress itself upon this land.
No one knows who paved the path his two feet currently stand on,
The planter removed from the reaping, never to see the crop reach its peak.
To the crowd the seller is known,
Taking credit where credit should be due,
Instead of giving it - like I gave of myself.
What I gave up for their glory,
Now I alone remain grasping onto a memory,
A memory memorialized in blood sweat and tears.
Weighing down like bricks on a fragile mind being preyed upon.
Shredded by my own insecurity and need for validation.
Just some recognition of the effort it takes to keep my world revolving.
Take away the big accomplishments,
Take away the initial thought,
But don’t take away me,
Don’t take away the fight,
Because when I alone hold my universe up,
I become weary that I may not be strong enough to accurately remember,
And may resort to forgetfulness as a coping mechanism for lack of self-trust.
So I look with envy at those who gain what I so desire and what I so deserve,
Partially because I want their life,
And partially because I want to be recognized for what is rightfully mine.
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Metre | 1111001100100 111101111 1110111 111100101 1111111 1111101111 1111111101010111 111110111110011 010011010101101111 10101011 1010110111 01110111111 11111110 11010110100100 0100010001101 101111010110101 101110100011010 110101010111111010 101010100 10100101 111011 110101 01110111101 101101111110111000010 010111101010011111 1111101111111010011101 100011111 0100011111101111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,386 |
Words | 285 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 28 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,083 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 258 |
About this poem
Was just in a moment of feeling like I deserve just a bit of recognition, yet not knowing how to properly get it.
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