Broken Innocence
Adjekawen A. Jeremiah 1998 (Delta State, Nigeria)
What is this I feel?
What is this I see?
It tastes like love
But colours like lust
This voice I listen
It corrupts my thinking
Perhaps a virus
Perhaps a Trojan horse
It attacks my mind, when I know not
It hacks into my heart without authorization
It breaks my will even when I resist
What can I do but give in and swing
Cool off my desire with a kiss
The burning desire I feel
Like a metal just retrieved from a fire
Wet kisses like chill water,
The water of love; so chill
Pour them all over me
What mighty a surge!
Capsizing, a wave
look what we’ve done!
Ah! Our innocence is gone.
About this poem
The poem denotes the impulsive, romantic feelings attending youthful exuberance—so naïve. It comes so real and strong but often crashes in remorse.
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Submitted by jerrylov322 on June 24, 2022
Modified by jerrylov322 on June 26, 2022
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| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 588 |
| Words | 125 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 4, 6, 4 |
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