Poem 3
I started to write a poem,
and then I stopped.
I stopped,
because the use of ART
to express emotion
diminishes the truth
of how I feel.
It’s a falsehood -
a facade…
an unconvincing,
anodyne version
of what I actually want to reveal
It’s hard.
So, instead,
here is the most truthful thing I have ever said:
“It broke my heart when I left.
I hoped that you would run away with me”,
thoughts of sanity/madness bereft -
just a chance to die with me
in sympathy…
but you stayed in your safety,
you stayed in your well,
you became the
‘Dorian Grey’
of the world you were placed into -
the pressure of knowledge,
and the dismissal there unto,
and so I retreated into a safety -
a shell.
A shame.
UNDO.
I WILL see you again,
you are guaranteed.
Please put
just a touch
of salt
in my
coffee.
It cuts through the bitterness.
It reminds me of you.
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Submitted by Sleekwood on May 09, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XA AXBXC XXXBC DD E FEFFFG XXH XH FG XX XXXXF X H |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 875 |
Words | 205 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 5, 5, 2, 1, 6, 3, 2, 2, 2, 5, 1, 1 |
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