Not Longing for Familiarities



I want no more,
no more of these empty plates,
how they starve me of heedless hope.

I long no more,
no more the promises of yester years,
how the perculate my blood boiling.

 I hear no more,
no more of those lies you filled us with,
how they stole my childhood carelessly.

I feel no more,
no more those hands barating me abusively,
how they pounded my body battered.

I see no more,
no more the broken glasses flung in air,
how they aimed at us all accordingly.

I fear no more,
no more my mother's madness in random rage,
how her loveless emotes daily derail me.

I weep no more,
no more of tears in fears of frantic fighting,
how my crying carries more hardened hurting.

I touch no more,
no more the walls and ground in driven force,
how they carved similar scars in our family's faces.

I beg no more,
no more in vain of pain not juried or justified,
how scared was I, a child in hiding held.

I love no more,
no more a family I should forget in all these horrors,
how they cared less of blood in situations stained.
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Submitted on June 01, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AXX AXB AXC ACX AXC AXC ABB AXX AXX AXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 985
Words 197
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3

Jessie Ní Leacaí

I'm an Irish speaker, Belfast based. I design hats and headpieces in the wonderful art of millinery. I enjoy science, culture,art, music and have an affinity with the sea. I use 'big words' so invest in a dictionary when reading my poetry. I tolerate no ignorance more…

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