Butterflies

• Artist: Dopahkiin
• Description: A quick poem about nerves. I graduate in a couple of hours and I'm supposed to give a speech.
• Date: 06/03/2009
• Tags: butterflies poem nervous

I sit here, alone
My dog at my feet
I feel, as I'm prone
Like my heart skipped a beat

The butterflies emerge
Strong as ever
Haunting me always
Now and forever

I can't escape
I can't get out
They make me anxious
Make me doubt

A drink, perhaps
Will quell my fear
To make these pests
Disappear

And yet I find
There is no hope
Nepenthe fails
I cannot cope

The butterflies
They're all still there
My treatment makes
Their tempers flare

Unstable now,
So much I shake
There's no relief
No silent break

I have no choice
I have to deal
I must ignore
The way I feel

I walk on stage
I say my piece
The chaos goes
The butterflies cease

Comments

[Ayumi_Cherry]

very gud; love it; check out mine too please <333

[Yureiaa Hearts]

I like this. Your rhythm is very steady, and I like the elevated diction thrown in every now and then. I also like how the tone of your poem shifts quickly and resolvingly in the last stanza; it really captures how quickly anxiety disappears once you start speaking. 5/5.

[hinata2882]

wow thats really cool