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Write a free verse poem: When you said ...
Write a 12 to 21 line free verse poem about something a parent, sibling, or significant other said to you that was surprising to you. Begin the poem with the line, "When you said ...." Remember, free verse poetry doesn't follow strict patterns or conventions such as meter or rhyme scheme.
PhatKhat2021 in Poetry & Free Verse

To The Depths

When you said,

You had a secret,

I wish you had simply told me.

When you said,

It was best we spoke in person,

I knew, it couldn't be good.

I waited for the day,

We would meet face to face,

So I could stop the fear from growing.

That day never came,

You were gone before then,

Never again to be seen by mortal man.

Now, I wonder what it was,

The secret tucked inside your chest,

Hidden away like buried treasure.

It has been committed to the Earth,

It's depth and its meaning.

I am left to wonder.

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