I CAN'T HELP
I can’t help
what you think
of me
it really is not
any
of
my
business
I can’t help
what you think
I said
Or did
Or didn’t say
Or didn’t do
I can’t help
if you ghost me
malign me
assume things
resume things
most important
presume everything
I can’t help
if you don’t answer my calls
ignore my calls
pretend we were never friends
just
pretend
I thought we were destined
had a connection
talked all the time
sometimes until 2 a.m.
I can’t help it
If you
stopped being you
to me
I can’t help
the conversations you have
In your head
about me
without me
But who I can help
is me
About this poem
Written in a short time after someone who I thought was a new "good" friend ghosted me. Even at my ripe 'ol age, being ghosted is hurtful.
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Written on November 01, 2023
Submitted by highaltitudemama on February 27, 2024
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| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 599 |
| Words | 127 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 6, 7, 6, 4, 4, 5, 2 |
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