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The internal arena

by muizz (Mark)

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The nature of emotions Go to the gym on consecutive days And when muscles come to motion They come with knowledge of weights They walk through a chamber With a steady framework and they line up To find the strongest competitor the mind Whose only strong by birth They wrestle for the nerves entertainment And the mind overcomes a few challenges Untill the emotions tap in the new oppents Old friends of the mind isolation and state The fight will last long as the life of the mind The wrestle between emotions and states are a fight to the death⁶
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muizz (Mark)

Im a seventeen year old who had a passion for writing since the 4th grade I thought it was going to take me somewhere seeing that I was the only boy who couldn't play sports who was born with a soft soft voice and remains misunderstood I have spent my childhood trying to escape every comer of it yet still I have gotten nowhere I still have big dream like making children's dream come true and going to America

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PersonalThemeAbstract

Blends personal struggle (gym, emotions) with abstract philosophical conflict between mind and emotion.

SparseMeasureDense

Multiple layered ideas per section: physical training, emotional conflict, internal wrestling, existential struggle.

DarkSentimentBright

Predominantly dark and conflicted; wrestling, death, isolation dominate despite some physical agency.

StillEnergyExplosive

Active verbs: wrestling, overcome, tap in; kinetic gym imagery and violent emotional language create intensity.

MicroLengthEpic

16 lines total; falls within 16-30 range, suggesting extended meditation with room for development.

PlainFigurativeOrnamented

Extended metaphor of emotions/mind as wrestlers in arena; personification of emotions and states as opponents.

LyricVoiceDramatic

Primarily lyric internal reflection; observational stance on personal emotional struggle rather than narrative or dramatic voice.

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