If I Stayed Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEAFG CH DIJKLII CMNOPIQRDKSIB TI| Maybe | A |
| I would have been happier | B |
| In time | C |
| - | |
| The change would have become exciting | D |
| Brightening the days to come | E |
| Eventually | A |
| Experiencing content | F |
| Indulging in the love I longed for | G |
| - | |
| Maybe in time | C |
| I would master healing forgiveness trust | H |
| - | |
| If I stayed Oh my darling | D |
| With experience | I |
| The only outcome for ours would have been the worst kind | J |
| Fabricating being the butter on our own breakfast table | K |
| More dents covering the figures of my young | L |
| Worshipping defamation as the source of our very existence | I |
| With a pinch of scolds and castigations | I |
| - | |
| If I stayed surely in time | C |
| I would have reached the brim | M |
| Growing dark with tension feeding on frustration wielding anger rage and then | N |
| hatred | O |
| My dwelling overtaken by neglect | P |
| Thorns growing on every corner of my very bed from tear drops of sadness | I |
| Digging into my flesh | Q |
| Sucking the soul off my heart | R |
| My existence diminishing evaporating | D |
| Fighting only for survival | K |
| Gasping contending with unholy air | S |
| As I become colder for I would be engulfed in darkness | I |
| Cushioned within the four corners of a restricting structure | B |
| - | |
| If I stayed my love | T |
| I would be existing only under the footing of your own smiles | I |
Laurinda Mapurazi
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 08/12/2020
Poet's note: It was an intense argument in myself, to confirm whether I'd taken the right decision to end a unhealthy marriage. A reminder of how things used to be.
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