You make it easy1
To hate you. You grate,2
So I slate you3
To friends4
And family. And, willingly,5
I ignore what6
Redeems you. 7
In screams, I blaspheme,8
The God you think9
You are. 10
You star. You11
Emotional wreck,12
But then, what the heck,13
I suppose,14
That's okay.15
16
Can I just say? 17
When you hang your head,18
It may make me mad19
But I see that you're sad,20
And I'm glad.21
Yeah, that's bad, but22
I'll be fair,23
You do care about me. 24
When you're sad about me25
I see that you're not angry26
Like me. 27
That's good. You're calm,28
Though not all that rational,29
But then that's forgiveable, 30
You're emotional,31
And that's good.32
It's good, good good,33
Because it's only when you34
Should be.35
Unlike me. 36
37
You're good with people, 38
Better at using them,39
But then that's abusing40
How you're sometimes amazing41
At making them laugh.42
Despite all your faults,43
And my cruel assaults44
I can laugh.45
Not at you, but with you,46
And I don't have an issue47
With having the occasional laugh.48
Your artwork is stunning49
Which is pretty funny50
'Cos your make-up is running51
'Cos you don't think it's good.52
You love you and I hate you53
And I think that it's good.54
But you don't think it's good.55
Your modesty is honestly56
A special kind of honesty57
'Cos modesty often can be58
An maddening dishonesty.59
Author notes
The rhyme scheme was inspired by a poem I read about a jogger raping a woman in a park. The poem got me angry, so I thought it'd help out with this.
The girl I hate is called Rosie. It was so difficult to find good things about her -_-'
They're probably not clear, so the things I like about her are:
1. She's good with people
2. She's funny
3. She's good at art
4. She's modest
5. She cares enough to be upset that she's hurt me. <-- I doubt that's even true, but she does feel a certain kind of guilt about it I think.
6. She's irritatingly emotional, but it's (usually) with good reason.
A contest entry
- "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways..." by UrbanRealist.
225 points, ended November 5, 6 entries
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Though the rhyme scheme is a bit jarring, it does fit the mood of the poem well. This piece is another example of meeting the requirements of this contest - welcome to the finalists list.
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