A Game

Kimberly Tenold 2008 (Missouri)



When I want more than anything
For the silence to break
It's my voice that starts to shake
Uncertainty in words
That I'll never get to say
Roam my mind
They find a place to hide
Then fall into a blank state of time
Nothing's worth remembering
But all the shatters in my heart
Won't let me forget
When forgetting is all I want
But in my head
You're hanging around my place
Touching every little thing
That your memory now lives in
Now I wonder every day
To you, was I just a game
One where I was the one that got played
The player always walks away
With a smile on their face
Because they got their way
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Written on June 19, 2023

Submitted by kimberlytenold on June 29, 2023

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Scheme ABBCDEFGAHIJKLAMDNODLD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 603
Words 122
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 22

Kimberly Tenold

I am a small town coutry girl still in highschool who dreams for big things like most do. Writing has been my passion for as long as I can recall, it's a pass time when I have a lot on my mind. more…

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