MixedEmotions

Don't want to care,

I want to stop,
A deep connection we do not share.

Desires and emotions whirl and pop,

Inside my head,

dare I say my heart?
Possibilities fill me with dread,

flirtation is a deadly art.

It can't be that serious,

It's as if I'm already connected;
I must be delirious,

picturing us wedded.

It can not be helped,

I am but a girl,
feminine emotions inside me whelped,

logic and reason continually swirl.

Courageous declarations unwittingly hurled;

that is, if I had the temerity
to partake in such honesty unfurled.

Instead I hang on your words with much alacrity;

internally punching myself,

I feel like such a buffoon!
These ups and downs can't be good for my health,

If only you really had hung the moon,

then I would be justified,

if when you smiled I swooned.
As it stands I'm by your side,

our business friendship continually groomed.

On my fragile attachment,

do not fret;
I am not ready for the truth to be un-pent,

no, not yet.

Line count: 32
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Prompt:
About
The Goethe Stanza is a very different poetry form than most poets are used to. It's small stanzas can make the poem seem short and sharp, but it has no minimum length.

How to
This poem is a single line, couplet and single line. This can be repeated as many time as you like (though in this contest there is a 40 line restriction). The first single line rhymes with the second line of the couplet and the second single line rhymes the first line of the couplet. To make this clearer look to the letters below (matching letters symbolise rhyme):

a

b
a

b

c

d
c

d

There is no set meter.

Example:

We'll See
Someday when we are sipping tea

In its amber colors of time
I will close my eyes and then see

Our memories left to climb

As we grow older and look back

This album which is in my heart
Will have love and never will lack

Pages for new stories to start

By Lorainne Dafney

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