Half-alive
I chose you
With all I am
And you chose me
But only half of yourself
Even if you won't admit it
Even if you'd deny it
I know that you still have what if's and could have been's
For how many times I pushed you away
I told you to just go away
Yet you insisted to be with me
For several times you did your best to make me keep you
And yes, I did
Now, I am with you
You are with me, but I can tell that you're not completely happy
You are breaking, you are suffering
I can see it
It's tormenting inside of you, you can't hide it from me
And if I can't fill the void of emptiness that you are into, then why stay?
You have all the means to walk away
I swear, I'm not gonna beg you to look back
Nor will I lay reasons for you to change your mind
Be fair to me
I can't stand the thought of having you beside me
Miserable and helpless
Haunted by your past
And unsure if choosing me was one of your wrong choices
About this poem
It's about a man who chose to be with a new woman but eventually showed incompleteness and confusion because his past mistakes are haunting him
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Written on October 25, 2022
Submitted by graceiligan0930 on October 24, 2022
Modified on March 16, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 903 |
Words | 194 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 26 |
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