Hangman

She left him hanging, a crueler fate than you would think. Read it forwards and then backwards.

You left me hanging,

At this tree,

I’m all choked up,

Now by your Betrayal,

You went to another,

When we agreed to meet,

I should have known,

It was too good to be true.

Author's Note

What do you think?

Reviews

[Delmar Cooper]

I think this pain you speak of is not unique. It certainly feels like it though.

[L. C. Rhodes]

Well technically this is narrative reverse poem. It just needs to have a different meaning forward than it would backward. So, forwards the guy is getting cheated on, backwards he's getting hanged for crimes against the state. It's definitely not my best work in any case though.