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Never, Not Yet

Bryanne Lane 1979 (Ohio)

October 23 
Haiku
(In honor of October being National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.)

Your words are caustic
Your eyes are fire

You claim love
It burns only as desire

What was once tomorrow
Can only be today

Only a moment
Disguised as someone, some way

A soft look behind me
A pause
A wonder of regret

But no
Never
Never, not yet

About this poem

There can be a moment an abused spouse or partner realizes their loved one is not going to change. Will they have the strength to leave them?

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Written on October 08, 2023

Submitted by TheLanes3202 on October 09, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X XA XA BC XC XXD BAD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 322
Words 67
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3
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Bryanne Lane

I am a pastor’s wife and stay at home, homeschooling mom. I have been writing since I was a little girl. Much of my writing today is influenced by the loss of my son, Ethan. Grief can be expressed so beautifully through writing, and writing is so healing to me. more…

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