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Janus

Ryan Blackborough 1984 (Adelaide)

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She's a goddess, true poetry in motion.
The kind that has you sacrificing yourself in devotion.
Hypnotised, I move her sway.
With no question of acceptance, live to dance in her ballet.
I found a light, a beacon of perfection.
Then once I'm at worst I find it's lies and misdirection.

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Just a breakup poem. For context she was an actual ballerina.

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Submitted by RyanBlackborough on March 28, 2024

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Scheme AABBAA
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 285
Words 56
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
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Ryan Blackborough

For years he lived in a secret government facility. One day they found him and were like "what the fuck are you doing here?", and they shot him. Now he wanders the earth as a ghost, a poet ghost (not a ghost writer, he's way cooler than that). For some reason he can wear hats but if he walks through a wall or something (not like tables or small stuff) the hat falls off. He's lost a lot of nice hats. more…

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  • Abbykesington
    Abbykesington
    "The kind that has you sacrificing yourself in devotion " that truly expressed how smitten you were by her!
    LikeReply18 days ago
    • RyanBlackborough
      RyanBlackborough
      I very much loved her. I still do, unfortunately but I know I need to move on.
      LikeReply18 days ago
    • Abbykesington
      Abbykesington
      I pray you have the courage to move on. You should know you'll never forget her. You'll just be able to live in peace with the memories you shared and the part of you that she'll always live with. 
      LikeReply18 days ago
    • RyanBlackborough
      RyanBlackborough
      Thank you. I'm slowly getting there. Ultimately I do want her to be happy and I want to be happy too. As long as she finds someone that treats her with respect (unlike the guy she replaced me with). Aside from that, I don't want to give up on finding love. 
      LikeReply18 days ago

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