They Never Saw It Coming.



They all thought the accident was indeed one
But what they don't know is she was lacking a gun
Because instead of doing it fast
She wanted the pain to last.

Her heart was there but his wasn't
She thinks it looks great but he doesn't
So now they're all here
Watching her soul disappear.

The lights stopped flashing, the sheet is cold
All she ever wanted was a real man to hold
But instead she got a liar
And he put out her fire.

Her life was over so she moved on
Unfortunately into a ditch and partly a lawn
It was hard to tell which happened first
It was probably her head breaking the windshield, for there was blood on her purse.

The cause of death is surely unknown
But they said it happened after she took him home
On the scene her face was still hot
The paramedic said she was probably crying a lot.

All looks as if a accident scene
But they still don't know
This was actually the way she planned to go.

By: Hilary C. Davis
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABB CCXX DDEE XXXX XXFF XGG X
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 905
Words 183
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 1

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