Analysis of I Have No Footprint.



I feel invisible in the recording of my own life

A forced biography written by a ghost,
sold in a corner store newsstands beside porn magazines and expired soda

No one notices my overwhelming fear or misery, I remain nobody

Constantly walking on the far side of the walkway avoiding obstacles unaware of my heartbeat

I waste away slowly avoiding camera’s

My smile appears for holidays and disappears into its annual binge of alcohol

Old teachers are trying to look through my eyes and see the child they knew but continue walking through their lives, my body a scarred reminder of the life my parents created

My mask has remained on for so long I can no longer take it off without severe pain

I'm not brave enough


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Poetic Form
Metre 110100000101111 01010010101 10010110111000110 111001010111001011 10010101110101010001111 110110010100 11011100010111001110 1101101111101011110101011111001010101110010 1110111111111011101011 11101
Characters 724
Words 138
Sentences 1
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 58
Words per line (avg) 13
Letters per stanza (avg) 65
Words per stanza (avg) 14

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Written on December 20, 2023

Submitted by kcunningham0000 on December 28, 2023

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