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


Scheme A X X B C X X X D X C X X X X X A X X D C B C
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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Kelley Davies

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