Keep
I keep you hidden,
hidden away,
away from the ink,
and it’s evil aftertaste.
I write about bad,
about bad terrible things,
because how hard is it not to
in such a horrible world.
But you’re good,
good in itself.
And I don’t want to
give you away,
away to all the words
I write about pain.
Because you have a beautiful soul,
a soul that I lack. And
you remind me
there are still beautiful,
beautiful things left,
like those freckles on the
side of your face.
So I keep you hidden,
hidden away,
and I’ll keep tossing pages
as long as you’re not on them.
About this poem
I wrote this poem to reflect on both the destructive themes of my writing, as well as how my love and admiration for a person makes me not want to ever write about them.
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Written on June 13, 2022
Submitted by arevaloandres004 on December 29, 2022
Modified on April 06, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | aBxx xxcx xxcbxx xxxxxxx aBxx |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 584 |
Words | 132 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 6, 7, 4 |
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