Ode To The Relationships

• Itaabah Humaid, Grade 9
• Poetry
• 2022

Relationships, you
inspire me to write.
I hate the way you
politely shout then run,
invading my mind day and through the
night.
Always dreaming about the hard checkout.
Let me compare you to a messy lie?
You are more crazy and more confusing.
Load drought dries the weird picnics of
July,
And summertime has the bruising
bruising.
How do I hate you? Let me count the ways.
I hate your incessant heart, voice and love.
Thinking of your musing voice fills my days.
My hate for you is the state of the art.
Now I must away with a hazy heart,
Remember my tough words whilst we’re apart.