Sacrifices
Oh how bittersweet a moment
such as this is, knowing never again
will I lay my lips on yours, cup my hand
in your hand and wrap myself in your arms,
only because you said, somehow from this
we can both be happy.
I do not understand, I will never understand.
I only said that if you were unhappy, I wouldn’t
make you stay. You must let go of that which
you love, for keeping it and loving it will not
make it love you in return.
I suppose sacrifices such as these are humbling.
They hurt, but remind me I am still human.
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Written on 2018
Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 05, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 521 |
Words | 109 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
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