Well played

Otiende Felix Otieno 1992 (Kisumu)



Broken Promises

Today am sitting under the mango tree,
Thinking of yesterday's words,
The world of fantasy,

I believed in everything you said,
Loved and danced your tuned,
Played your favourite music,

Was I not good enough?
You didn't picture me in your future,
That's why you stopped the music,

Your fantasy is killing me slowly,
Holding your son on my arms,
You promised never to leave us,

Now what? Nothing but agony,
I knew the pregnancy was our knot,
You played your cards well.


© Fely g chronicles

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A boy who left a girlfriend after impregnating her

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Written on October 24, 2022

Submitted by Georgeotieno92 on October 24, 2022

Modified on April 18, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXA XXB XXB AXX AXX X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 511
Words 111
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1

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