Red and Black
Bitten and bleeding,
you leave me,
dying
by your own hand.
Your sorries
don’t account for anything
anymore,
it’ll just happen again.
You have taken
every drop
of love
out of my veins.
Only emotionless
heartbreak gathers
in this,
my heart.
In the dark
of your tragic night,
another took
my hand,
and healed every scar.
You throw anxious
insults at us
in our
matchless bliss.
My numbness has passed,
and I’ve placed
my trust
into you no more.
I have no life,
for I’ve given it
to him,
you don’t know me anymore.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 487 |
Words | 94 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 33 |
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