The rain falls upon me like an ocean mist,
I miss you, marching on alone.
Street lights in the distance give a yellow glow,
I never should have left you alone.
I walk through the streets in the dark of night,
the stars in the sky are not so alone.
Cold winds push me away,
I made a decision to be alone.
I regretted the decision, immediately,
outside your door I stood alone.
With each step the distance between us grows,
you’re fast asleep in your room alone.
How I wish I could tell you how I feel,
how quickly we are both, together, alone.
For this poem I chose to write it as a ghazal, which is defined as five to twelve loosely related couplets. I chose this form because it fits almost perfectly with what I am trying to say in the poem. The book states that ghazals are often the focus of “unsatisfied romantic attachments” which is exactly what this poem is about. When someone reads this poem I want them to really focus on the fact that the two people in the poem are both alone, even though it’s what neither of them one. Neither of the two people in the poem are satisfied with what the resulting end is. Even though you only get the one person’s perspective, the fact that they are both alone hopefully portrays that neither person is satisfied. Repeating the final word at the end of the second line in each couplet is another key feature in writing a ghazal. I tried to do this with the word “alone” although I feel like it was overkill. I considered switching the final word at the end of each second line to be “together” but I wasn’t sure if this was allowed based on the form I chose. Maybe I could write a second poem about the same story, only have it focus on the idea of being together. My execution for this form is far from perfect, but I think what I have follows the guidelines as to what a ghazal is fairly well.
