That Awful Love
That awful love
Washing across you
Hopelessly so sudden
Leaving and returning
Like angry passion
Like healing lust
Such an awful love
Which chews through all attempts
To communicate or chat
Each attempt obliterated
Filling silences with regrets
That awful love
Drawing the face downward
Pulled taut by a miserable heart
Floating on a reserve of tears
Like an emaciated castaway
Like a scorned orphan filled with forgiveness
That awful love
Which weighs only on the wretched
With the onus of past bliss
With the shredded memories of simple days
And vigorous nights
To sleepy mornings desperately wished
To never pass onto noon.
About this poem
I was inspired to write this during the end of a years long relationship in which both of us were hanging onto something tenuous and withered.
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Written on February 10, 2023
Submitted by BloodyInk on October 29, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 637 |
Words | 114 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 6, 7 |
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