It all goes down (List Poem)

Posted by Chisom Rita Ibe on

At first it was just thoughts 

Something I paid no mind too

Second, it was stress and anxiety

Third, I wasn’t eating or drinking

Fourth, I couldn’t sleep anymore

Fifth, I stopped checking my emails

Sixth, I stopped talking to my friends

Seventh, I was on the balcony all the time

Eighth, I had accepted my new fate

Ninth, I was pulled out.

 

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Chisom Rita Ibe

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Comments ( 3 )

  1. Mellina Rios
    I really liked the format of your poem. How you organized to describe a part of the person that you are. It caught my attention because it was a list format and it just made me want to continue reading more. To figure out what happened next, what was tenth?
  2. Leonel Ramirez
    Chisom, you took something we use in our day-to-day lives and made it deep-rooted and personal. I found it relatable because I too make internal lists in my mind when things may be"going down". It's a coping mechanism of sorts. It's a battle that too many people face, and I'm facing too trying to adapt to the quarrels of young adult-hood and college.
  3. Marisa Montalvo
    I enjoyed reading this and appreciate how it was written. It conveyed an intense feeling just from reading, and it immediately was interesting from the first line.

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