Hypothetical Delicacies
I hope I don't come off as something you can easily replicate,
Because I wouldn't want you seeing anything but what's in front of you.
I know you feel timid in the moment, but not in me. I can see,
For I have been here before too, and I watched more closely than you.
Your mind is, for the most part, made up in the first five seconds,
But beyond that cliché is someone who I find keeps coming back.
Because, when have you honestly ever known what you've wanted?
Your decisions reveal what you lack; so hesitant on getting back.
It's for much similar reasons people find themselves reopening the fridge,
And almost every time so simply glance past what's inside it.
Should I ask what you expect to find with all of your blank stares?
When you're far too stubborn to admit, it goes to show what's to come of this.
(Written on October 25, 2012)
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Submitted on May 09, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 831 |
Words | 158 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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