For a Long, Long Time
For a long, long time
I wanted so badly
for someone to save me
from myself.
For a long, long, time
I prayed so hard
that someone would
sweep me off my feet,
steal me from my own mind.
For a long, long time
I believed
that I needed to be saved,
that I was not
Loveable
because of things I cannot change.
For a long, long time
I hated the parts of me
that were most integral to my being.
I hated the parts
That have taught me the most
about love.
About this poem
This is a short poem dedicated to all those who thought themselves unlovable. It is a poem I wrote to help me realize that all the things I think are unlovable or unattractive about myself are the same things that taught me what love really is and the love I really deserve.
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Written on October 21, 2022
Submitted by francietupper on July 15, 2023
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| Scheme | AbbcAdefgAhijbkAblmno |
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| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 446 |
| Words | 101 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 21 |
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