This Is My Body Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDCED EFGHI J KLMN EHHOP EQRST UVW XB| Like the last supper I offer it to Judas Iscariot | A |
| who smiles in the midst of everyone | B |
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| I am the texture of each word your eyes grab in this poem | C |
| Lynching on the branch of broken promises | D |
| My body is the structure of this poem | C |
| This poem is the shape of my body | E |
| Sometimes I forget to feel until the wind encompasses | D |
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| This is my body | E |
| It holds | F |
| footage of love that passed by to its destination in opened car | G |
| The pen that needs fire before inking | H |
| Sometimes I am the finger behind the trigger that smashes the object in my chest | I |
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| I find myself counting God's art on earth like grains of sand on seashore | J |
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| on the other hand | K |
| I break knees with empty hands | L |
| and say Hallowed be thy name | M |
| Repeating Give us our daily bread endlessly to maintain breaths for tomorrow | N |
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| This is me | E |
| Sometimes I smile without breathing | H |
| And breathe for days without noticing | H |
| At the bottom of my suitcase I hide the truth from myself | O |
| to let the wind moves through my lungs | P |
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| This is my body built with gallantry | E |
| The hairs on my skin are the tails of pains I've swallowed | Q |
| This is my body just like my country and us | R |
| Every moment I deceive my heart | S |
| as it seeks justice like the unheard voices of innocent souls | T |
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| I'm afraid to draw my heart into words | U |
| Because it will swallow each word | V |
| For its surface holds scars that are fighting to heal | W |
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| And my body is turning into island | X |
| somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic ocean | B |
Benyeakeh Miapeh
Poet's note: Reality poem about my life
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