Never Had I

April Farley 1984 (KS)



never had i ever imagined that i would lose you,
never had i thought of what i would do,
never had i wished that were gone,
never had i ever remembered doing anything wrong,
never had i guessed i could feel this way, this young,
never had i ever believed you'd be "my one"
never had i ever endured this much pain,
never had i ever known after so long things wouldn't be the same,
never had i ever realized i could never change your mind,
never had i noticed our feelings were so blind,
never had i pretended that you and i were "us"
never had i dreamed that i could love someone always,
just because
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Submitted by farleyapril40 on February 14, 2021

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Scheme AABCDEFGHHIJK
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 607
Words 119
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13

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