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The Chasing Of The Wind

May 15, 2026

I have never been one to write a poem just because I can To long for something even before it began i have never been one to leave a comfort zone Nor have I been one to leave anyone alone i always overstay my welcome and question why I was born i starve myself to oblivion because my reality is torn Everyone leaves and I constantly question why After everything that has happened I still try i put a smile on my face every single day Because apparently I am supposed to be a sunshine ray Yet for some reason I am the one to blame Because I put out the flame Today I questioned why I live like this Why do I let myself fall into the abyss i constantly search for something to make me feel whole it is like trying to read words in a fishbowl A chasing of the wind is all my life has become

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Deeply personal; explores speaker's own emotional struggles, isolation, self-blame.

Multiple psychological/existential ideas per section; introspection, self-harm, isolation, blame.

Strongly negative; despair, self-starvation, questioning life, falling into abyss, blame.

Restrained, introspective tone with moments of urgency in confession; largely subdued.

17 lines; falls in 16-30 range.

Similes (fishbowl, chasing wind), metaphor (flame), personification (wind); moderate ornamentation.

Pure lyric; first-person internal voice examining emotional/psychological state directly.

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The Chasing Of The Wind

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