The Other
What black is to white
What dark is to light
What day is to night
A world that loves pairs
A wordless haiku
Or paint with no hue
A sky with no blue
They're in need of each other
You are the one
And I am the other
No worthwhile story
Has only one lover
About this poem
I wrote this for person who is special to me. The idea behind it being that there cannot be a love story without a pair. The world is made up of pairs that we simply cannot separate. As alone – they are incomplete.
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Written on November 01, 2022
Submitted by A_Mellowed_Mind on January 28, 2023
Modified on March 21, 2023
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | AAAX BBBC XCXC |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 253 |
| Words | 57 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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