Drink
He looked at me with lamenting eyes
which said everything he hadn’t with
his own tongue and that was how
disappointed he was with me.
He caressed my legs which were draped
across his own but stayed quiet as I
supped hungrily on water which became the
only thing I could stomach after all the
drinks I’d happily given into
But if only he knew why—if only he
knew how terrible a place my mind is.
If only he knew how blissfully deadened
my racing thoughts were when I sucked
on the sweet, stinging nectar
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Written on 2020
Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 06, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXA BXCCX AXBXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 510 |
Words | 99 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 5 |
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