Leave me be (edited [second time])

by Daniel J   Apr 7, 2006


Go from here and leave me be,
From your friendship now I'm free,
For the fetters which were cast,
Are broken, shattered, they couldn't last.

No longer am I blind to see,
Your thoughtlessness neglected me,
What kindness had you for a friend,
What will of yours had you to bend?

I'll find a friend who'll give a thought,
To whom acts of kindness have been taught,
I'll draw him near as you had been,
And live out now our friendship's dream.

And when you're gone I'll think about,
Our happy times I didn't doubt,
Then grow saddened by the thought,
Of how our friendship grew so taught.
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The poem above is an edit of the one below.

Some issues were brought up about the rhyming scheme sounding forced, so I edited the poem. It was also suggested that the last line's rhyme, "impose" and "repose(d)" was particularly forced.
I chopped off the d, and made it a noun in the above. I feel it sounds more forced after the edit, and I was much happier before (I've just killed the first of my poetic rules: a poem is what the poet wants it to be, not what a critic says it should be).

But what are your opinions?
The original is below.

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Go from here and leave me be,
From your friendship now I'm free,
I've no interest in you anymore:
Your friendship to me was so very poor.

Now the fetters which were cast,
Are broken, shattered, they couldn't last,
No longer am I blind to see,
You were thoughtless and neglected me.

What kindness did you do for a friend,
What will of yours had you to bend?
I'll find a someone who'll give me a thought,
To whom acts of Kindness have been taught.

So go from here and leave me be,
To reflect upon old miseries,
Your presence on me don't impose,
For now I wish to be reposed.

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  • 17 years ago

    by ALLEN CEM

    Good pem

  • 18 years ago

    by Wip lost the Rhythm

    For the one line that ends in dreams it breaks the rythm pattern of the rest with the every other word rhymes with the 2nd line above it... but over all i like it alot. it almost sounded like a chant at first like a witches spell at first but by the end i didnt think that anymore. :) good job!

  • 18 years ago

    by Jaime

    ^Oh boy.

    Anyways, I personally thought it was forced more the second time, because you had to change the whole line to make it fit the rhyming. But you should be going with whatever one you like better.
    Take care.

  • 18 years ago

    by Daniel J

    Hmm.
    I showed it to someone I know. Their wise words:

    "*laughs*...is it meant to be funny?"

  • 18 years ago

    by SomewhereAmongThePieces

    Wow somebody hurt you didn't they? I totally understand that! I just went through the same thing. It's awesome how you can express that through poetry! Such beautiful way to handle sadness! great work!