Dear Ex

Ketline Atieno 2000 (Kisumu)



If only I had the guts to tell you the truth
if only I was courageous enough to give you reasons
if only I had hold on
if only I could hate you
if only...

if only I could stop thinking about you because I know you ain't
if only you could give us another chance
if only I knew what you meant to me
if only I could stop worrying about losing you
if only...

I may be quiet but I have so much to say
I may be happy but am out of sorts
I may have let you go but not because i wanted to
I may still love you but its killing me
I may be

out of nowhere we cut off communication
Then I became scared of losing you
Then I remembered you are not even mine
Then we became strangers
And now I do not know what hurts me more:
Is it talking to you or not talking to you

About this poem

To someone I loved then hurt then loved them again

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Written on September 22, 2021

Submitted by ketlineatieno20 on September 24, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme xxxaB xxbaB xxabb xaxxxa
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 734
Words 166
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 6

Ketline Atieno

Kenyan Luo 21 years old At kiriri women's university more…

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