Live and Learn
I know it won't be easy repairing my poor heart.
I've gone about it knowing right from the very start.
I simply can't complete it now, and maybe never will.
It's got a part still missing only she could fill.
My first attempt at romance had caught me unprepared.
I didn't know how much she had to know I really cared.
Now she's gone, and I'm alone to live my life my way.
Sadly, everything I do has seen a better day.
Live and learn the prophets say.
Learn to love the only way.
If you do then you just may
live to love another day.
All along I always thought that she'd remain enchanted.
Finally, now, I realize I took her love for granted.
I wish that I could turn back time and change things one by one.
But I know the pain I caused could never be undone.
True love is a special gift that has to be returned.
That's a lesson that the lonely have seldom ever learned.
It really hurts to lose in love. There's no doubt about it.
So should you take a chance on love, or a chance on life without it?
About this poem
I'm sure that everyone, at one point in their life has felt the pang of a broken heart. Personally, my clumsiness reared its' ugly face the first time I muffed a chance at a relationship. The memory of that shines through in this poem, although it doesn't apply directly to me, it relates to how I felt.
Written on July 15, 2023
Submitted by npirandy on July 15, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABB CCDD DDDD XXEE FFGG |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,001 |
Words | 220 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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