Romantic Couplet - Joshua C. Pipkins

poem read by Nicholas Yandell

Romantic Couplet
Joshua C. Pipkins

Love is a racehorse, galloping 

toward the finish of life and living.

I have lost sight of Love’s galloping 

more than I care to admit. I am living

a crowded life in a stadium of living

dead, and I think if Love stops galloping 

I’ll die too. Love is galloping 

toward death and dying, and living

has been my only wish. Galloping,

and almost to the finish, Love is living 

a hell that I’m scared I’m living 

too. I shout for Love to turn her galloping 

and escape before we’re both living 

dead. Love is dead, and I am galloping.

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Author’s Note:
This poem is in an original poetic form.
“The Animal Couplet”:
- Write 14 lines divided into couplets.
- Choose two words to end the first two lines, then use or alternate using these two words at the beginning or end of each subsequent line.
-The poem must be on the topic of any kind of love. Whether it be romantic, self-love, or otherwise.