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Open Poetry #18

I Really Ought To Go

John Yaws
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 860
Texas

0 posted 2002-02-06 05:21 PM

Some men aren't meant for marriage,
And I suppose that's me.
It's sad that twenty years ago,
This truth I could not see.

Twenty-eight and counting...
And what have I to show?
But bitterness, hurt feelings-
I guess I ought to go.

But I can't help but wonder,
Where do you say, "That's it!"
When someone seems a part of you-
How can you up and quit?

My pride keeps railing at me-
"You don't deserve this fate!"
My conscience seems to whisper-
"You taught her how to hate."

I'm torn with indecision...
The path I do not know.
One part of me keeps saying, "Stay!"
But I really ought to go.

icequeen
Senior Member

since 2001-12-09

Posts 633
FL USA

1 posted 2002-02-06 05:41 PM

You seem to have a masters in rhyme

I like how you display the emotional turmoil here. It gives it a realistic feel.

...and her crown was formed by the ice in her eyes

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