To the one I wish I knew
As I sit here and stare,
I wonder wonder what happened there.
You can’t converse,
And do you want to know what’s worse?
You act as if you don’t care.
And I wonder as I stare,
Are you ever going to be there?
Do you wonder who I am and what I could be?
You mean so much, but you’re not there.
I’m growing and breathing as you know.
I am almost eighteen years old.
The way I am reflects on you.
You’d be much better if you let
the ‘me’ in ‘you’ shine through.
About this poem
This poem describes an adolescent reaching for love and a relationship from her father. After 22 years the poem was responded to by my father and we now have a relationship that’s worth building and loving.
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Written on September 10, 2001
Submitted by minivangirl83 on September 02, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABBAAACADEFGF |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 477 |
Words | 108 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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