POEM STARTER
Write a blank verse poem on a topic that's important to you.
Blank verse poetry doesn't rhyme, but has a very strict structure which builds a melody through rhythm. (One way to create this is to structure each line with the same amount of syllables, and the same syllabic stresses, like you might if you were writing the verses of a song.)
Of Love and Loss
Last night, I cried myself to sleep
Thinking of everything I'd done,
And everything I've yet to do.
I am only alive because
You want me to be—you want me.
But holding on is getting tough,
And I have seen life pass me by
For far too many lifetimes now.
I desperately wish I was
Alive, and dead, and alive, and—
I was an adult as a child,
But now I am a child in a
Body that grew faster than me.
How often have I cried lately?
It seems like it's all I know now.
I watch as life passes me by,
Again, and again, and again.
More than anything, I love you.
Juni, I fucking love you, dude.
And I'm so sorry for every-
For everything I have done to
Consistently disappoint you.
I will kill myself by tonight.
Or, kill me if you must, my love.
I want to do right by you, Jun.
Last night, I cried myself to sleep
Thinking of what you'll see when you
Open my bedroom door to find
I'm long gone—I'm long gone now.
Juni, did I ever tell you?
There's nobody I love more than
You, you, you, you. . .
You, you, you, you.
