wax
The candle goes out slowly
You almost don’t realize it’s done
Wax drips down your face
And It’s all my love you shun
So I take it back
and hide away
You selfish being
An idiot, I say
how could you be so stupid.
you thought it would last?
i feel like the child
i left in the past
small.
innocent.
oblivious.
tricked.
you burned the wax but you will not take the wick.
About this poem
do not open someone’s heart with no intention of loving it
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Submitted by lucindaleemone on January 26, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXCXXXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 387 |
Words | 90 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 9 |
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