From Up Above Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CDEF EEGG HHII JJKL MNBB OOPQ RRSS TTUV WXYZ A2A2B2B2| I wake everyday with the sensation of hate | A |
| I hate that I have no control of my fate | A |
| I'm too young to get out and to witness what's free | B |
| I'm only sixteen and too covered to flea | B |
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| I check the weather and nothing ever matches | C |
| The mood I'm feeling soon surpasses | D |
| I crave the sun then I crave the tears | E |
| Then I crave to have many fewer years | F |
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| I get out of my bed and stumble down the stairs | E |
| Avoiding the fridge and my stomachs snares | E |
| I fill up my water and take in what's around | G |
| The blank grey walls and the untouched ground | G |
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| I plop the prescription in my mouth | H |
| Wishing I hadn't as it goes south | H |
| The doctor says it gets rid of my swings | I |
| But now I feel much less happy things | I |
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| The classes go by yet the time will slow | J |
| The feeling of loss will continue to grow | J |
| I stare out the window at the flowing trees | K |
| Oh How I wish I was one of his leaves | L |
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| When I walk home I watch passers by | M |
| Their faces gleam and I wonder if they are liars | N |
| What if they feel the exact same as me | B |
| But I am too lazy to let out some glee | B |
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| Hope is when one loosens the rope | O |
| But each day it tightens and I can t cope | O |
| I ignore my dad and I yell at my mom | P |
| Is it my fault what I have become | Q |
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| I try each day to love everything | R |
| But when I look around it's all disgusting | R |
| The cheating the hurting the selfish lies | S |
| The bleeding the taunting and unjust cries | S |
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| So I'll hurt myself until I bleed | T |
| With each mark a piece of me freed | T |
| The cuts burns scars have all been witnessed | U |
| Each cry for help was all dismissed | V |
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| One day I'm sure I will be loved | W |
| When they cry for me from up above | X |
| The spark in my soul will return | Y |
| As I watch the love I finally earned | Z |
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| I ll be with them each day | A2 |
| How I wished they would have when I chose to stay | A2 |
| I will still wince at the way I was treated | B2 |
| But I ll die once more if another is cheated | B2 |
Maella Best
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 05/16/2023
Poet's note: A day in the life of a suicidal teen, takes an unexpected turn. Sadness, isolation, hate.
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