The Rest

Renee Willaway 1990 (Texas)



You taught me that love
Won’t ever be enough
That all the heady sighing
And vicious laughter
The desperate rage
And every hope we shared
All die on the air
When the rest of what we need
Just isn’t there

About this poem

What it is to love a bad man.

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Written on September 17, 2023

Submitted by raywillaway on September 18, 2023

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Characters 207
Words 41
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9

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