Why



Why did you come back, if you didn't want to stay?
My feelings are real and not for you to play
Why do I still love you and still care a lot?
It's something I'm pondering; an interesting thought.

Don't tell me you miss me and want me to write
When most of the time you stay out of my sight
I want to be caring, understanding and nice.
In your absence - this relationship? - I'm questioning it twice!

I don't understand; why do I still care ?
When all I can feel is immense despair.
My feelings are waning and in time will be gone.
Then you'll probably be wondering where you went wrong.

James Barnett - April 2012
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Submitted by Jbarnett on July 07, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAXX BBCC DDXX X
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 601
Words 120
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 1

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