Pointless Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFDD DDG H IDDDDJK LMNOPQRO STUOVW XXSD YAZI| Have you ever | A |
| Just sat down one day and thought | B |
| About it all | C |
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| Have you ever been so helpless | D |
| Restless and wounded | E |
| Drown in the menses of depression | F |
| Took a sip from the cup of emptiness | D |
| Drank a whole bottle of fear and unworthiness | D |
| - | |
| Found comfort in the hands of darkness | D |
| While tears offered expressions | D |
| Have you ever felt the need to just scream | G |
| - | |
| I DID | H |
| - | |
| That day | I |
| They prayed for me for us | D |
| They were placed in order and lit in different colors | D |
| The candles | D |
| He said speak talk to your God and ancestors | D |
| Ask for whatever you want | J |
| Talk to them | K |
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| All along I thought I was brave | L |
| But I was wrong | M |
| I did not cry | N |
| I screamed and the rain kept pouring | O |
| The fresh soil that was my cheeks burnt Red | P |
| My ears synced to one sharp sound | Q |
| Like that of a machine when the heart finally gives up | R |
| It kept ringing in my ears blocking everything | O |
| - | |
| My heart was in pain literally | S |
| I felt it | T |
| The sore was too deep and fresh | U |
| I kept screaming | O |
| For more than five minutes straight | V |
| I screamed until I could not anymore | W |
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| Why did I do that | X |
| Why did I just break down like that | X |
| Why was my heart in so much agony | S |
| I had so many why's | D |
| - | |
| I then realized | Y |
| It goes deeper | A |
| There's more to it and I may not know it now | Z |
| But I will someday | I |
Andile Chagi
Poet's note: On this day I was at my lowest, there was a lot going on and I was just so lost and confused.
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