No Form Will Fit

You use my words against me

Never taking time to understand

Placing yourself in the centre of the storm

As though only you can make me rage

Fractured communication

Poetry misconstrued

Haikus as excuses

A form that I despise

Let me put you in a sonnet

A classic form for classic blunder

The mistake yours...not mine

I've proved my worth

You underestimate my value

Like the skill it takes to rhyme

Perhaps I'll pen a ballad

A strong form for saddest lines

Mistreated & misused

A contemporary hurt

Offended for no reason

If I believe your pleas

Let us but remember

I don't need you

You need me.

NH

2013