I'm leaving you
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(03-18-2016, 09:59 AM)DC Black Wrote:  I'm leaving us my love,
my reckless entanglement,
my fucking mad, headlong descent
into today.
You swore we'd die entwined
in each other,
loving each other.
Give me a chance you said,
to prove my love, you said.
Ha! you had me there,
I didn't ever see this coming,
This cold, this freezing cold,
I'd have taken hatred any day.
Didn't I deserve that,
at least that?
Didn't I, my love?
I suppose the first 4 lines could find their way into some sort of a poem, but you lose your way after "You swore" - it just becomes a rant in an 11 AM soap opera.
Perhaps you should try and write a rhyming poem first. Rhyme and form impose a certain discipline that helps when starting out. After that, you can revert to free verse, which is actually the hardest to write well.
~ I think I just quoted myself - Achebe
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Messages In This Thread
I'm leaving you - by DC Black - 03-18-2016, 09:59 AM
RE: I'm leaving you - by DerTomatenToaster - 03-18-2016, 10:43 AM
RE: I'm leaving you - by Achebe - 03-19-2016, 10:54 AM
RE: I'm leaving you - by The Raven - 03-20-2016, 10:32 AM
RE: I'm leaving you - by Erthona - 03-20-2016, 01:45 PM
RE: I'm leaving you - by Nester - 03-22-2016, 07:39 PM
RE: I'm leaving you - by Matthew McKeown - 03-25-2016, 08:36 AM
RE: I'm leaving you - by Mr.Malicious - 03-27-2016, 02:13 PM
RE: I'm leaving you - by Jasper - 03-28-2016, 03:22 PM
RE: I'm leaving you - by Acephale - 03-29-2016, 01:35 AM
RE: I'm leaving you - by Todd - 03-29-2016, 03:52 AM
RE: I'm leaving you - by Beyond all Lines - 03-29-2016, 11:02 PM
RE: I'm leaving you - by Uncle Tony - 04-04-2016, 08:17 AM
RE: I'm leaving you - by timg516 - 04-09-2016, 06:05 AM
RE: I'm leaving you - by DC Black - 04-09-2016, 08:52 AM
RE: I'm leaving you - by Desrei - 04-09-2016, 09:08 AM
RE: I'm leaving you - by taratica - 04-12-2016, 09:21 AM
RE: I'm leaving you - by babymonkey - 04-13-2016, 08:44 AM
RE: I'm leaving you - by Rogo - 04-15-2016, 03:51 AM
RE: I'm leaving you - by Shrewbe - 04-17-2016, 07:22 PM
RE: I'm leaving you - by laltieri0 - 04-18-2016, 02:09 AM



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