The last poem
This is the last poem for you
I’m done with pouring my feelings out
just to absorb them again
Like a sponge submerged
in a fish bowl
I’m done with being afraid
of standing up
of speaking out
of laughing
just because you’ll snigger
I’m done with hoping against hope,
yearning for a light.
Better to embrace darkness
than perish trying to get an unlit candle.
I’m done with trying to impress you from a distance
Its pointless to 'shoot my shot'
and hope for a bull's eye
when the target is continents away.
No more letters,
gifts,
or glances from me.
You won’t even notice it.
Which is great,
because this is the last poem for you.
About this poem
This poem is about how someone is trying to move on.
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Written on March 02, 2022
Submitted by arbitrarypoet on March 28, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | A B X X X X X B X X X X X X X X X X X X X A |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 678 |
Words | 163 |
Stanzas | 22 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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