A(n) (Un)Successful Sonnet
Waking up at 6 am to drink lemon water
Won’t make you feel less empty inside
Or your mental health less likely to teeter totter
When you push all your needs aside.
Instead lets try: belly laughs and dining fine
Late nights watching a sappy movie with popcorn
Soaking in your emotions so you can later shine
Digging deep in the dirt where all plants are born.
I’ll take my success with hot sauce on the side
And all my days spent kissing your soft, plump cheek
I’ll take it as a purring cat with a velvet soft hide
And reading into the dim hours cuddled at your oblique.
Still, finishing this sonnet in time for today’s deadline
Will make me feel like I met part of mine.
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Submitted on April 21, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABAB CDCD BEBE CC |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 689 |
Words | 139 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
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