Gods and Goddesses

Maddie Riske 2001 (waupaca wisconsin)



gods and goddesses
if you’re out there
please help them heal
please be true and fair

let them know
that when they come back
i’ll be here waiting
my world has gone back to black

what i feel for them
is engrained inside me now
and it feels as though the universe has crashed upon me
i’ll try to not be slowed down

i’ll keep working on our goals
even if they’re not with me
because i’m still going to be there
no matter if we’re both free

gods and goddesses
if you’re out there
please help them heal
please be true and fair

i’ll keep my promises
and fall for no other
and wait on the sidelines
i feel like i’m turning into my mother

everywhere i look
you’re there, in memory
each look around is a stab to the chest
stick me like a board of emery

i’m walking around
looking for something
i realize it’s you that i look for
i shouldn’t worry about a thing

gods and goddesses
if you’re out there
please help them heal
please be true and fair

falling apart at the seams
building my walls back up
as soon as i see you
they’ll tighten and blowup

what i’m saying is that
i’ll always love you
even if that means from a distance
and watch you tear yourself apart like an old shoe

i just want to hold you
through all of your pain
but you’d rather fight your battle alone
and i’ll respect that, albeit in vain

so just remember
that i’ll always see you
as my perfectly imperfect moonlight
even if my heart is black and blue

te amo ex toto corde meo ♥️

About this poem

i wrote this after me and my partner broke up, although they said they’ll always love me.

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Written on February 01, 2022

Submitted by mriske01 on February 01, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCB defe xxgx xgbg ABCB xhxh xgxg xfxf ABCB xiji xjxj jkxk hjxj d
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,495
Words 297
Stanzas 14
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1

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