Happy ending
Jason Marriner 1980 (Pensacola)
My life's never been a fantasy
Some might say it's been downright heart-wrenching
There's times I look in the mirror and curse the man staring back at me
For my mistakes, for the time I spent pretending
Things always looked so good in the beginning
Back when I was a younger guy
At some point I started thinking love was just a lie
Now i wonder whatever happened to my happy ending
I live everyday just hoping to be forgiven
For the people I hurt who were depending
On me to provide love and a little time to give them
Instead of me being cold and condescending
Things always looked so good in the beginning
Back when I was a younger guy
But somehow I always wound up down on my knees with tears in my eyes
Wondering whatever happened to happy endings
Whatever happened to the fairytale life
What kind of message is it sending
In stories we're told, about perfect husbands, kids and wife
Where there's always the same cookie cutter ending
I'm a grown man now, been that way for awhile
My choices aren't so easy to defend
I've always been realistic, not one for denial
I know I've left wounds on others that will most likely never mend
Things always looked so good to me in the beginning
Back when I was a younger guy
But this story won't find me winning
And the older I get the more I understand why
You don't have to wonder about my story
This book is full of missing chapters
Untitled, unread, unfulfilled and boring
Don't flip the cover open expecting happily ever after
About this poem
Just something that popped up in my head.
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Written on July 21, 2022
Submitted by Daleisnmyhardt3 on July 21, 2022
Modified by Daleisnmyhardt3 on January 07, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,484 |
Words | 286 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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