The Final Straw

by Hkumar

Published November 20, 2022

16+

In Poetry

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Ɨn̷ ŧħɇ łøn̷ɇłɏ ħøᵾɍs̷
Mɨn̷đ s̷ŧɍᵾȼꝁ ƀɏ s̷a̷m̷ɇ ɇvɨł ŧħøᵾǥħŧs̷
Ma̷n̷ɨᵽᵾła̷ŧɨn̷ǥ.

Ⱥ wħɨs̷ᵽɇɍ ɨn̷ ɇa̷ɍs̷
Sᵽøꝁɇn̷ ƀɏ đa̷m̷n̷ɇđ łɨᵽs̷ øf đɇa̷ŧħ,
s̷ħħħ...ɨŧ's̷ n̷øŧ ŧħɇ fɨɍs̷ŧ ŧɨm̷ɇ.

Ŧħɇ Fɇa̷ɍ øf ᵾn̷ꝁn̷øwn̷
Ᵽɇn̷ɇŧɍa̷ŧɨn̷ǥ ɇvɇɍɏ ȼɇłł
Łøs̷ɨn̷ǥ s̷a̷n̷ɨŧɏ.

Wħa̷ŧ's̷ ɍɨǥħŧ a̷n̷đ wħa̷ŧ's̷ wɍøn̷ǥ
Ħɇa̷ɍŧ s̷ᵽłɨŧ ɨn̷ŧø ŧwø fɍa̷ǥm̷ɇn̷ŧs̷
Ŧɨm̷ɇ ɨs̷ ɍᵾn̷n̷ɨn̷ǥ øᵾŧ.

Đɇa̷ŧħ s̷ɇɇm̷s̷ ɇn̷ŧɨȼɨn̷ǥ
Ⱥn̷ ɇs̷ȼa̷ᵽɇ fɍøm̷ ɇvɇɍɏŧħɨn̷ǥ
Łɨƀɇɍa̷ŧɨn̷ǥ s̷øᵾł.

Ƀᵾŧ ŧøđa̷ɏ ɨs̷ n̷øŧ ŧħɇ đa̷ɏ
Ŧħɇ a̷n̷ǥɇłs̷ wɨłł ħa̷vɇ ŧø wa̷ɨŧ
Ɨ'm̷ n̷øŧ ꝗᵾɨŧɇ đøn̷ɇ ɏɇŧ.

Comments & reviews · 3
NothingMore905 wrote a review Review · Dec 19, 2022

The demons won't leave until your wiped from the earths surface, they're goal is to destroy you while you destroy yourself, you lose sanity slowly, but you always fail to mend your broken heart because it'll only get broken multiple times, your mind breaks, you bend and break and can't be put back together, you never know what the demons will do because you are your own demon, but you ask yourself, "is this really the life i live until my last breath?"

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alliyah commented Comment · Dec 1, 2022

This is neat Horisun! I love a good haiku series and these came together really smoothly. - I especially like the first and final ones.

Hkumar replied · Dec 1, 2022

Thanks alliyah :) hehe, i think you mistook my username

alliyah replied · Dec 1, 2022

AHHHH I got my H usernames mixed up @_@ but totally knew you wrote this and then typed the wrong thing! whoops! D:

I still love the poems though! xD

alliyah replied · Dec 1, 2022

This also reminds me of the wonderful time I actually got a lovely review from MESH <.< the legend! and I was reading through it and so proud, and then realized she thought @Aley had written the poem xD

Hkumar replied · Dec 1, 2022

Haha, xD

crescentmoonprodigy wrote a review Review · Nov 20, 2022

Oooh. This is really interesting.

The first thing I would like to point out, and what is personally one of my favorite aspects of this poem is the font. It just adds an extra sense of darkness to the tone of the poem. As for the structure, I thought it flowed really nicely, I suppose, like a haiku probably should. Despite its clear beauty, it was also really, really eerie, as if you are portraying death as not a looming fear, but as a friend, or comfort from the confines of real life and I think it's encapsulated perfectly in this stanza;


"Ⱥ wħɨs̷ᵽɇɍ ɨn̷ ɇa̷ɍs̷
Sᵽøꝁɇn̷ ƀɏ đa̷m̷n̷ɇđ łɨᵽs̷ øf đɇa̷ŧħ,
s̷ħħħ...ɨŧ's̷ n̷øŧ ŧħɇ fɨɍs̷ŧ ŧɨm̷ɇ."

Maybe friend isn't the best way to describe this relationship- perhaps a toxic friendship or a romance is better. Nonetheless, I think it's perfectly crafted, in terms of utilizing means of personification.

This whole poem is a masterpiece, you should honestly be so proud of yourself.

Have a nice day/night!

Hkumar replied · Nov 22, 2022

Thank you!



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