Analysis of just not good enough

ezechias mulamba 2004 (cape town)



she said i like you , but not the way you want me to.
what was i thinking?, at times i can be such a fool.
but i don't blame her, i'm not that cool.

whenever we together i can't help but stare
what.s going through her mind, heart,does she even care
but she deserves to know , i think that's fair.

too afraid
not too brave.

she's the best ,not perfect
to her i'm a brother , not worth it.

i love every second we spent
i want to be with you all the time , is what i meant .

i'm hurt , she's going through so much
but always smiling , girl you so tough.

i need you , but it's not for free
i'll gladly pay with my heart, that's cheap for me
i hope one day you'll realize what we could be.


Scheme XAA BBB XX XX CC XX DDD
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111011111 1111011111101 111101111 010101011111 01010111101 1101111111 101 111 101101 101010111 111001011 1111111011111 11110111 11101111 11111111 11011111111 11111101111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 693
Words 158
Sentences 11
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 72
Words per stanza (avg) 21

About this poem

i wrote because i always felt like i'm not good enough when its comes to love and i have accepted it.

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Written on December 29, 2021

Submitted by ezechiasmulamba on May 23, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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