You’re Leaving
Carmen Josephine Travas. 1966 (Poona)
You’re Leaving
You’re leaving,
And there is nothing I can do about it.
Nothing I could say,
Would make you stay.
You’re leaving,
I wish I could turn you around,
And make you see,
Just how much you mean to me.
You’re leaving,
But I want you to know,
That I love you,
More than words can show.
You’re leaving,
And I’m letting you go,
Cause I know you don’t belong,
To the world I know.
You’re leaving,
But I wish you could,
See my tears,
Hear my cry,
Feel my need,
Walk back to me,
And never say goodbye.
About this poem
I wrote this poem in 1995. I met this gentleman who was moving away. I liked him a lot. I say ‘like’ because I was just beginning to find out that what I felt for him. You like people before you love them, right? So, this was it. Actually, I still do. Funny thing is, he didn’t know I liked him that much. This poem was published in our local newspaper, on Wednesday the 17th of January 1996.
Written on September 28, 1995
Submitted by crbefumo on June 24, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | a Axbb Axcc Adxd Adxd Axxexce |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 524 |
Words | 127 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 7 |
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