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What a drastic night

Unathi Mtshixa 2005 (Cape Town)

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He smiled, I cried
He laughed, I sobbed
What a drastic night
What an awful time

He looked, I looked away
He forced, I stayed still
What a drastic time
What an awful night

A memory I want to forget
A memory I want to erase
What a drastic night
What an awful time

My body bare
His hands on my back
Shivering
While he was lingering

What a drastic night
What an awful time
A memory to be dead
A memory to be left

About this poem

It’s about the trauma that I went through and the way I feel about it.

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Written on April 04, 2024

Submitted by anammtshixa.05 on April 04, 2024

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Scheme xxAB xxba xxAB xxcc ABxx
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 418
Words 94
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
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Unathi Mtshixa

I write poetry based on my emotions at that period. I mostly write when I’m really hurt or feeling depressed as writing is my form of escape. Writing helps me deal with a lot of things. It helps me offload a lot of burdens. more…

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