Two packets of sugar sit between us Coffee gone cold like the conversation Neither raising what we need to discuss Each being held back by reservation This an unfamiliar hesitation When we loved each other we loved freely As others wishing they could ideally Now we turn to silently cold staring We must confront what it is really Strangers drifting apart without caring
A Dizain poem from a prompt at Go Dog Go Café following the format of
One 10-line stanza
10 syllables per line
Employs the following rhyme scheme: ababbccdcd
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I really like this, although it’s sad. I like your opening with the packets of sugar and the coffee gone cold like the conversation.
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Thanks; I thought it was a salient visual.
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You’ve expressed the feeling of drifting apart so beautifully. 🙂
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I’m glad I was able to infuse beauty into a situation where it’s fading.
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Pain can be beautiful.
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Two packets of sugar sit between us – I was afraid at the first line. So sad but oh so familiar.
Well done!
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