Abrogate

I remember hearing the word "abrogate," and then looking it up in the dictionary. Then I wrote this.

There are words in my head

That are better left unsaid.

But they inundate my brain,

Making me insane!

 

The words are in my head;

Just go mute or be dead.

I only want peace for a short time.

Would that really be such a crime?

 

There are feelings in my heart

That keep tearing me apart.

But I cannot tell a soul.

No one can know that I’m out of control.

 

The feelings in my heart;

Just pause for a moment before they restart.

Give me some time to mend my insides,

Hide the scars behind my lies.

 

My future is so very unclear

That I’m not sure I’m even here.

It scares me more than anyone will know

But I refuse to let that show.

 

My future that is so very unclear;

Speed up the time so the future is near.

Or make my future happen now.

I don’t care, just do it somehow.

 

I just wish these things would abrogate,

Or even for short time, just abate.

Please, let me have a time of release,

A single moment I can feel at peace.

Author's Note

This is one of the few poems I still like. It's cliched, but I love it anyways. I wrote it about two years ago.

Reviews

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I enjoy the way you wrote this poem using vocabulary (I'm a big vocab fan). My major issue is the way you used the verb abrogate. In the last stanza, abrogate is used incorrectly not in terms of definition, but in terms of context. The word is used in terms of relinquishing authority: a law, contract, right, etc. The words "inundate" and "abate" are used in a correct context. In terms of the poem itself, I find that the poem flows nicely and that the poem conveys a very clear, aboveboard message. Also, as platitudinous and insipid as this poem is, the message never gets old! Thanks for sharing (and enjoy some of the vocab)!