Analysis of lust



You remember the butterflies in your tummy
when life became everything but boring
you remember the first kiss
her lips so soft
with body you thought you could die for
and so with poetic lines flowing you lied more

building castles of gold in her head
about the future that with her you would spend all

but after one too many sexual intercourse
your eyes opened up

and suddenly she is nothing like what you have wanted
her soft lips now feels like worn out sandals after long walks on many streets
because with your tongue it you have totally exploited

her once curvy body that to you was a mystery
now becomes fingertip arithmetics
because even when you close your eyes her intricate body part
you can now draw by heart

and what ends this once upon a time sweet story that now turns bitter
is the heartbreak that suddenly hits her

no thanks to the power of lust
you willingly gave into.. and sowed all that was love's seed not on fertile ground
but on dusty hills
making your promises like dead leaves be blown away by the slightest breeze
and now the trees in her you have planted are bound never to burst into sweet fruits of patience kindness and friendship
because now all she sees with her teary eyes when she looks at you is a monster with teeth gnashing


Scheme ABCXDD XX XX EXE ACFF GG XXXXXB
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 10100100110 110110110 1010011 0111 110111111 011010110111 101011001 010101101111 110111010010 11101 01001110111110 011111111010111101 0111111110010 01101011110100 101101 0110111110100101 111111 01111010111011110 101110010 11101011 1100101011111111101 11101 101100111110110101 0101001110111011011111010010 011111101011111110101110
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,236
Words 234
Sentences 2
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 6, 2, 2, 3, 4, 2, 6
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 41
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 146
Words per stanza (avg) 33
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Submitted on October 31, 2014

Modified on April 27, 2023

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Philip Asaya

A Nigerian poet born on the 1st day of April 1984... With a mind that can constructively merge words together bringing out their potency of becoming vividly clear as pictures before your eyes....this one writes and performs spoken word poetry... with most of his performances done in front of hundreds and thousands of people and with recorded pieces with over a thousand downloads. He also teaches the art of spoken word poetry writing and performance,this one also writes songs and stage plays... and added to his crown of talents is a concept developer for adverts and events in the field of electronic media and stage but the beauty of all of this is tied together by one thing and that is poetry....you can follow him on twitter @philipasaya or like his facebook page "Philip Asaya's Mannequin mode" more…

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