Remember

Emerancia Hangula 1997 (Walvis Bay, Erongo Region)



I was once yours
but you didn't deserve me

You made sure I was happy
so that you could take it away

You made me think I wasn't good enough for you
turns out,
you weren't for me

We gave each other everything
Yet you kept stealing from me

Was what I gave you not enough?
or did you wish to take my soul too?

Our beginning was beautiful
It felt pure

It felt as though it could withstand a storm tenfold
yet a light breeze destroyed it

Remember

One day,
when you have no one
and the world feels cruel
and you need someone to hold your hand
to guide you through the fog
Shield you from your demons

Remember

I held out my hand to you
and you cast it aside
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Submitted on March 15, 2021

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XA AB CXA XA XC DX XX BXDXXX CX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 626
Words 133
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 6, 2

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