Analysis of Choices
Otis Cotton 1983 (HARLEM NY)
I've made many choices in my life
Some well thought out
Others on a whim
Often somewhere in between
But who made the choice for me
To meet you
To learn you
To glimpse into your life
You into mine
That feeling
Our bodies intertwined
Everytime
I'm melting
My expectations
Melting
My heart beating
Breathe synchronized with yours
Time
not so much
If only I could extend the feeling
Past the moment
Past the circumstances
But I have no control over fate
It all ends up on my plate
And I eat
I eat past the point of being full
Past the point of being hungry
Satiated
With bones
No meat
No substance
Begging for the nutrition that is
Love
I drank your eyes
I drank your aura
I drank your juices
Gorged my appetite on your spirit
And in the end
Nothingness
Abstract space void of anything
Tangible physically
Your gone
My taste buds dry
Stomache rumbling
Not hunger
Pain
The pain of your absence
An abscess
Swelling
to be removed
Is to lose this part of you
What would you choose?
I've made many choices in my life
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Characters | 961 |
Words | 190 |
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Words per stanza (avg) | 190 |
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Choices lead us to who we are
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Written on August 04, 2021
Submitted by itsotiscotton on August 04, 2021
Modified on April 06, 2023
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