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A Structured Poem From My Unstructured Mind

My

Oh my

How can I

Go on like this?

Maybe you ARE like,

Like all the other girls…

Jealous of everything

And angry about our past fights.

I am glad you’re happier now, dear.

Compromising you for me, like I’ve done,

That is what a real man does for his girl, right?

Well, why doesn’t this feel right to me, like it should?

I should just be happy that you are happy

So why am I second guessing myself?

I am showing you how much you mean,

And proving how special you are.

So why doesn’t this feel right?

Didn’t I do what’s right?

How much will it cost

In the long run?

This is for

You not

Me…

 

January 14, 2012

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Written by
ben-dubois
American
Published
Feb 19, 2012
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24·123
Notes

The 9th of 12 poems about my relationship frustrations. I wanted to experiment a little bit so I wrote this pyramid poem until it got to 12 syllables.

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