Chain Reaction



Chain Reaction

I'm sorry for the way I acted.
I know I took it too far.
But life is like a chain reaction.
And your actions left a scar.
So if our story had a caption.
It would read like a chip on a guitar.
We push the chip with our intention.
For it to meet each string with awe.
And for each string to feel attraction.
But instead each string is charred.
Therefore, we don't feel satisfaction.
And we jump in our car.
You see, it's all a chain reaction.
So I'm sorry, I took it too far.

By: Noriah Griswold

About this poem

Chain Reaction is a short poem about a hard time in a relationship that compares to a chain reaction of trying to play a guitar and it being broken.

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Written on December 12, 2023

Submitted by NGriswold0000 on December 12, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XABABABXBXBABA X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 512
Words 119
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 14, 1

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