The Ode to Trinity
Jeffrey Edwin Burgess 1987 (Irving Texas)
I swear I never wanted no enemies
You were going to be my best friend for infinity
But you lost your mind like a Kennedy
Tried to help you through the hard times
when you befriended me
But after the last one
You pulled a fast one
Unfriended me
How can this be
I stuck to the script
Every line every word
Every verse that was written
I couldn't be more entangled
I was already smitten
I did everything that you spoke from your fork-ed tongue
I held every breath from the depths of my lungs
Not to say things that would cause an upheaval
How was I to know that you held so much evil
Now my heart pounds
To the sound
Of the sequel
I hide my pain
Behind other people
Waiting to feel
That I can mend
While trapped behind the guise of my once kindred friend
Now in her face
I only see yours
I beg for the best
But dread for the worst
Waiting to hear
Those words once again
I don't think that we
Can no longer be friends
As I fall into the void
And my poem finally ends
You got what you wanted
Wish granted it's yours
I just wish I knew
Why it's you I've adored
Why couldn't I
Just let it go
What about you
Did I not know
I'm sorry for sorrow
That caused you to frown
I sorry that I ever
had let you down
Every word that I could
I've already wrote
Every tear every day
I've already choked
Why won't it stop
As the words
To page flow
I need to sleep
But you and I know
That until I find peace
I can't let it go
So I'll just keep to myself
The way that I feel
About this poem
Friend lost
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Written on January 08, 2022
Submitted by jeffburgess18 on January 18, 2022
Modified on May 03, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAA XA BBA AXXB XB XXCC XXC XC DE E XFXX XXAG XG XFHX XIHI IJXJ XXXX XXI XIXI XD |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,469 |
Words | 321 |
Stanzas | 20 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 3, 4, 2, 4, 3, 2, 2, 1, 4, 4, 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 2 |
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