Rate:0.0 / 0 votes

House of cards

Nandha Rejikumar 2001 (Kerala)

I built it up
With all my love
Utmost devotion
And endless care
Gave my everything
True and fair
Yet here I am
Deep in pain and despair

I always thought
Till time eternity
Together will be us
Forever and ever

But then you showed
How there was no 'Us'
No forever nor eternity
For love was never
Our beautiful reality

You killed my soul
And tore my heart
All you needed
Was a moment and half
To make it crumple
Down like a house of cards

About this poem

How your world crumpled like a House of cards

Font size:
Collection  PDF     
 

Written on January 27, 2023

Submitted by nandhare27 on January 27, 2023

Modified on March 14, 2023

27 sec read
1

Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXAXAXA XBCD XCBDB XXXXXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 438
Words 90
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 4, 5, 6
Full analysis for House of cards »

Discuss the poem House of cards with the community...

0 Comments

    Translation

    Find a translation for this poem in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "House of cards" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 27 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/150521/house-of-cards>.

    Powered by CITE.ME Cite.Me

    Become a member!

    Join our community of poets and poetry lovers to share your work and offer feedback and encouragement to writers all over the world!

    April 2024

    Poetry Contest

    Join our monthly contest for an opportunity to win cash prizes and attain global acclaim for your talent.
    3
    days
    5
    hours
    24
    minutes
    130 entries submitted — 20 remaining

    Special Program

    Earn Rewards!

    Unlock exciting rewards such as a free mug and free contest pass by commenting on fellow members' poems today!

    Our awesome collection of

    Promoted Poems

    »

    Browse Poetry.com

    #ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

    Quiz

    Are you a poetry master?

    »
    Roald Dahl wrote: "The animal I really dig, above all others is the..."
    A cat
    B pig
    C horse
    D dog