Letting you go
Flora Sweeney 1946 (USA)
Oh how it hurts
to let you go.
To let you hate me
without letting you know.
You try to understand
why I'm acting so strange.
I can't begin to tell you
I don't even know.
That person inside me
is on a rampage
tearing down everything
I've worked so hard to attain.
This person is hurting you
I can't let it go on.
So I'll just exit
and pray you'll survive.
I know that you need me
I need you even more.
But that person inside me
says it's you or it's me!
About this poem
This is about a person figuring out, late in life, that they are gay. Needing to let go of a friend they are attracted to.
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Written on August 01, 1979
Submitted by Womanborn46 on April 08, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XA BA XX CA BXXX CX XX BX BB |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 460 |
Words | 110 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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