Burning cigarette



The little jokes,
The little jokes we laugh about
The little jokes we later forget about
They've left someone tormented
Lead'em to an endless path of selfdoubt

They've hurt them
More than we'll ever realise
More than they'll ever apprise

For that one moment of laughter

We broke someone on the inside
Crushed, their will to reside

We never look back, we never regret
But it leaves marks on them like a burning cigarette

About this poem

This poem represents how harmless jokes might not be that harmless after all they might hurt someone more than we understand.

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Written on February 08, 2022

Submitted by akshitaa177 on August 31, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABBXB XAX X CC DD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 424
Words 79
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 5, 3, 1, 2, 2

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