Alone

Cassie McCauley 1977 (UT)



©Cassie

You’ve left me alone, don’t seem to care

I look at the phone you’re just not there.

My heart aches, loneliness is real

Painful emptiness is all that I feel.

I’ve tried so hard to be what you want

I guess I can’t do it, I’m just a dumb cunt.

I have too many issues, been hurt way too much

I’ve got to stop using a man as my crutch.

Left on my own to battle my demons

No one left in my life that can see them

Death a great vision I see behind my eyes

Was all that you told me, nothing but lies?

When you were around, you kept them at bay

Now that you’ve moved they won’t go away

Life has given you more, then I had to share

The money I couldn’t come up with, no fair.

Happiness is what, I wish for you

A white knight isn’t real, a fantasy untrue

I’ll set here and ache, learn to move on

A battle I wage now that you’re gone.
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Submitted by cassie_m on January 31, 2021

Modified on March 23, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A A B B X X C C X X D D E E A A F F X X
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 837
Words 175
Stanzas 20
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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