Retrospect



I see her
I am curious
I feel things
and was told not to

She is thin
speaks the best
broken English
and sweet words

We see a play
she takes my hand
then my thigh
and I feel scared

Then there is pasta
I get an invite
to her house
and decline

She is sad
asks me if I
want pleasure
and to enjoy me

I leave her
by the pasta
drive away
and cry

because I felt something.

About this poem

This poem reflects the internal thoughts and struggle I had on my first date with a woman (wanting love and to be loved by a woman for the first time in my life). It isn’t something my family or parts of society would have accepted, and I was frustrated/sad/confused all at the same time.

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Written on February 10, 2022

Submitted by hfoster089 on November 27, 2022

Modified on April 06, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXXX XXXX BXCX DXXX XCAX ADBC X
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 381
Words 97
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1

H.B. Foster

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