Analysis of OPP
We really only borrow each other.
What’s mine is yours is yours was mines was someone else’s before us. Our entire lives are said to be on borrowed time so how could we ever say ‘you’re mine’ and actually believe it?
We really only borrow each other.
I’ve smiled while shaking hands whose nails have dug into the back of my own lover. Palms as sweaty as mine as we lock eyes and I imagine they’re recalling their once upon time.
We really only borrow each other.
Make new memories in spaces that are vaguely familiar. Sit at tables knowing you’ve already been there. History doesn’t always repeat sometimes it slightly mimics. Pushes layered limits.
We really only borrow each other.
Promises that go unkept. Wishes unfulfilled. Tears spilled. Spark killed. All become the blueprint for success with whoever comes next. Then again. And next.
‘I am only responsible for my own heart, you offered yours up for the smashing my darling. Only a fool would give out such a vital organ’
Anais Nin said that… and the fact is
We really only borrow each other darling, and there’s never a guarantee that we’ll be returned to ourselves intact.
Scheme | A x A x A x A x xx x |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101110 01111111111001110010111111111111101110100011 110101110 1111011111010111110111011111101010101011011 110101110 11100010111001011101010101110011010111010101010 110101110 100111100111111010110110101110101 1110010011111101110101101001111101010 11110011 11010111010011000111101100101 |
Characters | 1,178 |
Words | 217 |
Sentences | 22 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 82 |
Words per line (avg) | 18 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
About this poem
Love poems are the most beautiful thing to come of relationships. But it’s not always such sweetness. I don’t truly believe in the words I wrote in this poem. But in the midst of that feeling, just for a fleeting moment, it felt like my truth.
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