Please



“Please” is the word I’ve been asked all my life.
“Please, stay strong.”
“Please, say you love me.”
“Please, be honest.”
And I never could let “please” mean anything to me.
It was too much of a burden, it has been misused greatly
By people who just want something out of me, to hurt me
Yet now, in my life, I find myself asking “please”
“Please, don’t leave me.”
“Please, tell me you’ll change.”
“Please, make things better.”
And it means nothing to the people I ask.
Please is just something you say before something else is wished
It is a cry for help, nothing but desperacy
Sure, it is polite in certain contexts
It can even be endearing.
But please is nothing but dehumanizing in most.

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English Honors Class 2022

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Written on August 24, 2022

Submitted by scoopski on August 24, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCDCCCECFGHIEJKL
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 731
Words 137
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17

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