Analysis of Crossed out

Kelley Davies 1983 (Dallas)



Erased, based, destroyed

Made out to be an object smaller than I am

My soul sings loud

Above the skies

I want to grow into that woman she is

I wanna scream at the top of my lungs that none of this matters

This plastic little place we call the world

Destruction creates creation

Demoralization creates character

Suffering creates compassion

I must remember who I am

I want out, of this prison, this shell I've been carrying on my back for centuries now

No one sees the real me so it's hard to see it myself

I have to keep going in in inside my body to find my soul, over over and over again

The meditation gets harder and harder

The motivation, harder and harder to find

Why do I keep fighting? Why must I? It's almost like I want to

God, don't make me climb up this damned mountain again. I'm tired. I'm sick. I want to come back home to you.

No one listens to me. If they do, they don't understand. How could they? It's like screaming from atop a cliff to a person in the water. They can't make out my voice as I tell them, "climb, dammit!"

Wake up, please. It's lonely here. I want you here, with me.

For the love of all that is holy, take up your cross, follow the light home. He's here, waiting, for you.


Scheme X A X X X X X B C B A X X X C X D D X X D
Poetic Form
Metre 01101 111111010111 1111 0101 11110111011 1101101111111110 1101011101 01001010 0001001100 10001010 11010111 1111110111110011111001 1110111111111 11111000011101111101001001 0010110010 00101001011 111110111111111 1111111110011101111111111 1110111111101111111010101101000101111111111110 1111101111111 101111110111110011111011
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 1,259
Words 272
Sentences 17
Stanzas 21
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 44
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 44
Words per stanza (avg) 11

About this poem

No idea what this poem is about. Never know what's going to come out. Never know what any of my poetry means. Wish I did. Please join me, I guess.

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Submitted by kbdallas2020 on May 07, 2024

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