Never, Not Yet
(In honor of October being National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.)
Your words are caustic
Your eyes are fire
You claim love
It burns only as desire
What was once tomorrow
Can only be today
Only a moment
Disguised as someone, some way
A soft look behind me
A pause
A wonder of regret
But no
Never
Never, not yet
About this poem
There can be a moment an abused spouse or partner realizes their loved one is not going to change. Will they have the strength to leave them?
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Written on October 08, 2023
Submitted by TheLanes3202 on October 09, 2023
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Scheme | X XA XA BC XC XXD BAD |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 322 |
Words | 67 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3 |
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