Never
I never loved how snow
Makes the landscape more pristine
Or how flowers burst in colors
Amid a meadow’s green
I never loved to see
Lightning split the sky in two
And I never, never, never
Loved you
I never loved a quiet dinner
Wine and candlelight
Or holding hands on an empty beach
On a dreamy, moonlit night
I never loved a close-held dance
To set the perfect mood
And I never, never, never
Loved you
We fool ourselves so easily
We fool ourselves, and how
Was I doing it for all those years?
Am I doing it right now?
The need is deep to wash away
The presence of the past
When it turns out nothing’s what it seems
When it turns out nothing lasts
I never loved the intimacy
Of arms around my waist
Or imagining the look the world
Must see upon my face
I never loved the way love feels
When there’s no doubt it’s true
And I never, never, never
Loved you
About this poem
The speaker of this poem has lost a longtime love and now questions if it was ever real.
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Written on July 25, 2022
Submitted by DougHaberman on July 25, 2022
Modified on April 26, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | xabacdED efxfxxED cgbgxxxx cxxxxdED |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 864 |
Words | 173 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
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