Him
The Selsun Blue bottle
The receipt he kept in his wallet
The trash can of tissues
His face as it turned red
The door too bent to close again
Midnight
The conversation i never should have found
Fleeing as he called the cops
My dog barking wildly and chasing me
The shame he made me feel
Being misunderstood
The picture he painted to everyone else
Knowing he would trigger me to make it come true
Excluding me on the decisions in our lives
Telling me no to the sweets i thought i could have
The pushing me to be more than i was allowing myself to be
The adoration that turned into resenting tolerance
Breaking away from me over and over
Only to take it all back again and again
The crying when he wasn't really sorry
The looking right through me
The hopeful tears as he got advice on what to do next
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Written on December 17, 2021
Submitted by kimg.86933 on December 17, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 818 |
Words | 175 |
Stanzas | 20 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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