Differences



Is this all my fault or is it yours?
If we play the blame game, who has the highest score?
Or is it neither of us, is it just meant to be?
The path we’ve been given, is this where it leads?

Where you see love, I see greed
Where you see happiness, I see it leave
Where you see time, I see it wasted
Where you see clearly, I see it faded

Some people reminisce on the good old days
Meanwhile, I wish something could have changed
Imagine who we could have been and become,
If I gave you my all and you gave me some

You might misread this message as one written with hate
But the ink with which I write is forgiveness and grace
For ourselves, for each other , for a relationship that’s broken
So we can fix it together and find the whole to put our hope in

The way to the end will be energy consuming
So for now I’ll take a break before carefully resuming
I don’t want to tear down what we’ve worked so hard to build
I’ve buried the hatchet as deep as I could

Now it’s your turn, and you get to choose.
Am I someone you want to love or to lose?

About this poem

This poem is about emotional burnout in a relationship, and how it’s okay to take a break. Sometimes, we have done all we can do and then we have to just wait.

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Written on April 06, 2024

Submitted by HelenaSoso on April 24, 2024

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Scheme XXXX XXAA XXBB XXXX CCXX DD
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,063
Words 226
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2

Helena Soelberg

I’m 20 years old and have used music to understand the world around me for my whole life. Now, I have a chronic illness, and can’t make music. So I’ve turned to poetry as the art form that can help me cope with life’s challenges and see life’s beauties. I hope you enjoy! more…

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