Imperfect



If nothing can break our heart
Why would we love
The days are totally naught
If hours could not wear off

What’s yours is yours and I have mine
Bind ourselves? We were born free
A cheek goes dim, another shines
To live, the leaves must leave the tree

Storms would wash away our steps
So we never find our way back
The past’s a saddle, reins, a whip
From hereon in it’s any track

Don’t look me in the eyes and see
Too white around, inside too black
Imperfect I will always be
If you can’t hurt me, don’t love me back

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This poem is a part of my Chaos poetry collection - to be published soon in 2021.

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Submitted by dannyballan on June 14, 2021

Modified on March 20, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXX XAXA XBXB ABAB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 512
Words 103
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

Danny Ballan

Danny Ballan is a Lebanese poet who whose works include The Scream, Identity and The War Edition poetry collections, The Antichrist short story collection and Long Way from Home Novel. more…

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