Myself
I realise now I was never myself.
Following the crowd left me bereft.
To self-conscious to show my hand,
Deigning myself, a cowardly sham.
Like a square peg in a round hole,
Trying to fit was selling my soul.
Leaving me broken, I reaped what I sowed.
The pit was deepening, no where to go.
But that was then and this is now.
This is me,
Now I bow.
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Written on June 02, 2023
Submitted by myway6119 on June 01, 2023
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Scheme | XX XX AA XX BXB |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 358 |
Words | 83 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 3 |
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