Detachment



On the tip of my tongue
Foreign words flow
But these words I speak
Are not mine
The mirror shows me
a stranger

My legs walk a land unknown
Skylines I have never seen
And a house that is not a home

As the moon rises
I drag this pile of flesh
Up the stairs
Into bed

About this poem

Just the feeling of detachment and not quite knowing who you are.

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Written on 2022

Submitted by klee3434 on December 30, 2022

Modified on March 16, 2023

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Scheme XXXXXX XXX XXXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 265
Words 59
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 3, 4

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