Would You Ever Learn How to Divide?

by Everlasting   Mar 17, 2016


Sweet heart,

Every moment goes uncounted
when your math adds up to one
My life transforms into a loner,
you better learn how to divide.

Two by one turns into two,
And two by two transforms to one.
Here I felt, we were that one.
Will you ever learn how to divide?

Your math adds one plus one.
I don't know how you get one.
But rumors whisper you are my half
And I, your other half.

But that doesn't suffice
You became my life,
The one who adds one to me
to create two and then divide:
your problems, your worries,
your love and everything with me
plus vice versa to become one.

I don't want only a half,

Will you ever learn how to divide?

Written by: Lucero L.

February 20, 2013.

I supposed I do not know how to divide.

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  • 7 years ago

    by Saerelune

    Hey there, I'm back for a bit, so posting some of my old judge's comments, sorry for the delay!

    "This is certainly a kind of love letter/poem that is one of a kind. It's hard to include science within a poem without sounding too cheesy or technical, but I think Everlasting took a simple mathematics concept and turned it into a genuine and cute poem. Starting the poem with "Sweet heart" immediately makes the reader think that the poem is going to be a gentle one, yet the stanza that follows brings out the sharp tongue of the persona. It makes the reader ponder, in a good way. For, what does dividing has to do with the persona being a loner already, does dividing not result in even more loneliness? Thankfully a whole explanation is written in the following stanzas, but not in a tedious manner. It was remarkable how all the repetition of ones and twos did not bother me at all, then again the author is notorious for good repetition. I loved how, in-between all the maths, there are still cute snippets such as "But rumors whisper you are my half". I also love how the confusing wish of dividing reveals to be dividing problems and love and everything, it makes a negative word sound so much more positive now. I great twist for sure, it's a clever concept especially for a love-related poem. Well done."