Poem 3 | {Sorrow is my saviour}

By Ajanta Judd All Rights Reserved – 1 am 27/06/2020 Australian EST

Prompt 3: The Bop is one of my favourite poetry forms. There are three stanzas. Each stanza is followed by a refrain (so the same statement is repeated three times). The first stanza is 6 lines long and presents a problem. The second stanza is eight lines long and can explore or expand the problem. The third stanza is 6 lines long and can either present a solution or document a failed attempt to resolve the issue.

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{Sorrow is my saviour}      

 

Sorrow is my saviour

Unlike your cold behaviour

At least I can feel my pain

But you are once removed

Emotionally unavailable

and already out the door

 

That’s what I get for ignoring red flags….!

 

No more will I fill your void

That great gaping hollow

Which screams to be filled

With bits of the other

Bitten off in chunks

And devoured with relish

I became your receptacle

Where you dumped your baggage

 

That’s what I get for ignoring red flags….!

 

Well, I have emptied the bin

Your rubbish has gone to the dump

I’ve gone and washed my hands of you

Sanitised and disinfected

There’s no more harm you can do

You’re out of my life, you’ve been rejected.

 

That’s what I get for ignoring red flags….!

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