Second Best...

Robert Catron 1963 (Kansas)



Have you ever felt like you were second best,
Like your just not as good as all of the rest?
You don't have the looks or enough money,
No one to hold you or call you Honey.
You give them your heart full of joy,
They just treat you like an unwanted toy.
You're at their every single beck and call,
Yet you mean nothing to them - nothing at all.
You gave them all of your love - the very best you had,
But you still mean nothing to them - all you feel is depressed and sad.
You beg for their love with all of your might,
But your just pushed away and left behind - what gives them the right?
You ask why I talk of love in this way,
I've been there my friend - I used to live with it everyday.

Dedicated to all of the people and family who have hurt me beyond deeply...you know who you are.

About this poem

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Submitted by rcatron1963 on December 16, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABBCCDDEEFFGG X
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 788
Words 180
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 14, 1

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