POEM STARTER
Inspired by Robin Marlowe
Write a poem that contains a volta before the final line.
A volta is a twist, normally at the end of a sonnet. Rather than a plot twist, this is normally a change of ideas, an inversion of the main theme, or a change of heart about an opinion.
You, You, You
Hate.
I hate you, I hate you, I hate you.
I want to rip your fucking throat out,
I want to tear my nails into your skin.
I. Hate. You.
I hate that you make me hate you.
Why can’t you just be normal?
Why can’t you just be a decent fucking human?
What happened to your morals,
What happened to being a “good person”?
Why do you throw things away like they’re nothing,
Why can’t you just be _good enough_?
“**_Answer me!_**”
But you never do.
You never answer me,
Because you’re hurling the same questions at me.
I can type these angry words,
I can scream violent curses at the mirror,
And you never have an answer.
What did we do wrong?
How did we turn out like this?
We used to think so high of ourself.
Yeah, we were arrogant and still a shitty person,
But we had lines we wouldn’t cross,
Morals we had to uphold.
And now?
Now we’re a _monster_, plain and simple.
Too angry, too hurt to give a fuck about the damage we leave in our wake.
Do you see what we’re doing?
What we’ve done?
The guilt is eating me alive,
Yet we don’t change.
We never will.
I. Hate. You.
You weren’t even sad when we did what we did.
You didn’t even shed a tear.
You watched someone you were supposed to love crumble,
And you didn’t feel _anything_.
What is wrong with you?
Why are you so numb?
Why can’t you bring yourself to care?
We’re rotting away,
Poisoning everyone around us,
Yet we don’t even care.
I. Hate. You.
I’m reading about a character that reminds me of you,
Way too much.
He used to be my favorite,
But as soon as I saw the similarities,
I wanted to kill him.
I want a violent,
Gruesome death for him,
For you,
For us.
I want to love you.
I want to forgive you.
I want to at least accept you.
But I can’t.
I’m sorry.
But you hate me too,
So maybe I’m not so sorry.