02-25-2018, 05:42 AM
(02-25-2018, 05:33 AM)Richard Wrote: To The Person I Used To BeHi Richard, I hope you're feeling better. Rhyme can really bung you up.
Do you remember life before
the bags beneath my eyes,
or how you watched her young allure
replaced by motherly disguise? -- this line is a bit long and unwieldy -- for a fix I'd suggest something along the lines of "or how she went from young allure/ to motherly disguise"
Do you remember her midnight hair? -- perhaps recall instead of remember
A softness only found
in darkness; every strand beware, -- beware is an odd word here
it falls without a sound.
Why didn't you do anything
to stop her leaving us?
Instead, you quietly took back the ring -- "quietly" is making this line too long. Perhaps "instead you just took back the ring"
and checked the band for rust.
I must apologize for this,
my questions go unheard
like love behind a familiar kiss, -- familiar is throwing your meter out... I can't think of a replacement of the top of my head for this line but it would be nice to have it fit neatly, because this is a strong stanza
farewell the truest word.
It could be worse
