Analysis of Lost at sea
Crying like a child without his mother
I see no light left in the stars
I wonder where it all went
My mind is empty and blank, the state from my eyes reflects that darkness
No one knows, no one sees me
I'm a brick being laid against a lone wall, holding nothing
I'm a shovel being used to dig a grave, my own, by the hands of the master I never knew by name
I wish the sea would take me home, but I keep drifting outward into the open ocean. And there is nothing left to look forward too.
I'm too tired to experience the new world anymore.
I pray to Jesus that this is all according to His Father's plan, but I can't know that
I used to never believe in Him, now He's all I see
I place my hope in that gentle solitude, it's all I have left
There is no ease, no peace, only a longing and yearning for a truth I can't yet fathom
I pray to the saints and Rumi, Eckhart, and friends like Ken and Jim
None of them quell my heart's fear that I'm too lost to be brought back home
That I can't be found
That it really is over
Even now my mind is at a loss for words, a mind which used to be so free and full of insight and love, now darkened
Will it ever come back? This mind of mine...
I love you, God. How could you do this to me? I thought we were meant to be together, friends forever, and now I don't see or feel you anymore
I can't even muster a tear. It's all so dead and ugly.
But most of all, just completely empty and vacuous.
God help me
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010101110 11111001 1101111 11110010111101110 1111111 101101010111010 10101011101111011010110111 110111111111010010101001110111101 11101010001101 1111011110101110111111 11110010111111 111101101011111 1111111001001010111110 11101011011101 1111111111111111 11111 1110110 1011111011101111111011101110 1110111111 11111111111111011101010100111111101 111010011111010 11111010100100 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 1,476 |
Words | 337 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 23 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 48 |
Words per line (avg) | 13 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 48 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
About this poem
Just wishing I knew what was happening again
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Written on November 07, 2023
Submitted by kbdallas2020 on November 07, 2023
Modified by kbdallas2020 on November 07, 2023
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