The Looking Glass
I hate September
It reminds me that chill is coming
December always seems to set into motion
my ruining
God I remember sitting all by myself
watching all the snowflakes float down
I was praying for some kind of liberation in every third breath
from anyone
from anyone who had ever cared about me
You took almost everything
And I stood there with you
I found you
I made you better
You told me that you loved me finally
On the exact day that you were leaving me
But I was so happy, for I believed in you
So swiftly our worlds crashed
……and then came the revolution
Now months have been years
And the years, a bit more than a few
Let me just be honest….
Forgiveness is not so therapeutic
Sometimes you have to howl and hate
And it never changes the sensations
Our needle points
The depth of our injuries
Remembering the waste
The genericness of our last goodbye
Truly...
How could it have been any better than that?
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 889 |
Words | 172 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 2, 7, 2, 2, 3, 4, 3 |
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