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People Don’t Even Know Me


People don't even know me, So why they judge me, slowly? Ain’t this a free country? Then why I feel trapped, feel push — feel “budge”-y? Am I not too pitiful, Or maybe... y’all think I’m beautiful? Y’all blind, or just dumb? Thinking I’m soft — when I’m mad, when I’m numb? You know what’s funny?! Having you as my bunny! You think I’m gonna pull over? Nah... I’ll just run you over. Why you in my face? Didn’t your mama teach you grace? You preaching like a saint — But even saints fake when the paint flake. People don’t care if you cry, They say "you’ll be fine", but they lie. Do I gotta ask why? Nah… Just give me one real one by my side. Don’t need to be fine when I got wine. Don’t need light, I’m good in the blind. I’ll go blue, do, die, maybe rewind — Cry, die, lie… then pretend I’m fine. Green grass. Blue sky. Brown dirt. Black knife. Skin cut. Does it hurt? You feel that? That burn in the flame? It’s pain. Real pain. It’s got no name. Don’t look at me with those eyes — I don’t want your fear, your fake, your lies. I want the devil’s gain, the devil’s fire, I want the burn that don’t expire.
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PersonalThemeAbstract

Personal identity and social judgment; grounded in autobiographical pain and alienation.

SparseMeasureDense

Dense packing of emotional assertions, rhetorical questions, and conflicting ideas throughout.

DarkSentimentBright

Strongly negative: rage, despair, self-harm imagery, betrayal, numbness dominate.

StillEnergyExplosive

Explosive punctuation, aggressive voice, violent imagery, rapid-fire questions and declarations.

MicroLengthEpic

32 lines total; falls in 31-60 range.

PlainFigurativeOrnamented

Metaphor, personification, extended pain/fire imagery; mixed with declarative statements.

LyricVoiceDramatic

Pure lyric internal voice; confessional, first-person emotional turmoil throughout.

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Vey Mar
I wrote this poem thinking that once I put it down on paper, I would finally be able to feel, but on the contrary, I realize just how much I’ve let myself be swallowed up by others. -V.Mar

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