Analysis of Anxiety
Freedom is what is given to those that can afford it.
The people that don’t run around in circles in their heads.
Chasing after thoughts and emotions
Trying to understand what they are supposed to do.
Wondering if life is really worth living after all.
Running this way and that
Heading both everywhere and nowhere at once
Fighting through crowded places
While also walking down lonely allies
Seeing the world pass by and thinking
‘Is it really worth staying?’
Coming to no definite answer
So, running again after meaningless plot
Filling in spaces that were left to wide.
Adding subcategories to parts of life that give meaning to them.
Listing friends, coworkers, family
Blurred faces and names that have little meaning.
Stuffing to show that possibly you should be here.
The hole you feel isn’t really empty.
It’s just not full.
That the words
‘Is it really worth staying?’
A ticking clock waiting to hit the right hour.
Even though the second hand moves faster the more you look.
Ticking away in the ear loud like drums
Beating away to a tune you cannot dance to
Showing that the world will move on even without you.
That your being is insignificant
Those thoughts and emotions you chase after mean nothing.
They will be forgotten as soon as you depart.
Just the same as you will be.
So, the question still remains,
‘Is it really worth staying?’
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111101111011 01011101010011 101010010 101011110111 10011110110101 101101 101100111 1011010 1101011010 100111010 1110110 101110010 11001101001 1001010111 1011111111011 101110100 11001111010 101111001111 011111010 1111 101 1110110 010110110110 10101011100111 1001001111 100110111011 1010111110011 111010100 1100101110110 111010111101 1011111 1010101 1110110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,369 |
Words | 258 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 11, 11 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 360 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 79 |
About this poem
This poem is about the thoughts and feeling of not being in control of oneself. Fighting against what is expected in normal society while hiding away it at the same time because it's too scary.
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