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With Me
April 6, 2017
I gaze into her radiant blue eyes;
I wonder- why would she ever leave me?
She says she has found a much better prize,
A man finer than I could hope to be.
It tears at me, it burns with ev’ry heartbeat…
My love, my ev’rything- she will forsake
Me, and shatter me with her dark deceit.
All the meaning from the life, she will take.
I listen to her voice but do not hear
As she says why she is no longer mine.
My thoughts, clouded and dull, begin to veer-
She does not see it; we are God’s design.
And the one way to keep her by my side
Is to hold her in this room, bound and tied.
© Melanie M., Hendersonville, TN
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wolvesandwilderness GOLD said...
on Aug. 19 2017 at 7:45 am
Thanks. Poetry isn't really my thing, but we had to write it for class so I thought, "Why not post it?" What's the harm? On a completely unrelated note, how long does it take for pictures to post?
wolvesandwilderness GOLD said...
on May. 7 2017 at 4:23 pm
Thank you. I thought I had it as 'my' in my original copy, but I guess not.
addictwithapen PLATINUM said...
on May. 7 2017 at 3:02 pm
This is a bit disturbing, but I imagine you meant it to be that way. You did well depicting the mind of the speaker, and it’s interesting to think about how the situation must seem completely different from the woman’s point of view. When you say “All the meaning from the life, she will take”, I think it would sound better to say “my life”. Otherwise, well done.
This work was inspired by two other works: Porphyria's Lover (Robert Browning) and The Tale of Bluebeard.