Sunday Sprinkle: Charmed Drawings

This poem is an old favorite of mine. I wrote it as an exercise and practice for myself while I was taking poetry classes in college. It's an imitation poem of Kim Addonizio's "A Childhood" from her book, Tell Me. The lines follow a specific ABCD pattern and are repeated in different ways. It was really fun to follow such a narrow structure with repetition while trying to show a story. 

Charmed Drawings

We walked home under the stars

after a late night at the bars.

He charms me

the way he always does.

After a late night at the bars

people let their bodies and mouths run free

the way he always did.

I don’t know what draws me to him.

People let their mouths run free.

I have to figure out what to believe

and what draws me to him.

He weakens me.

I try to figure out what to believe.

I wonder if he even likes me.

He weakened me

and I decide to go home with him.

I wonder if he even likes me.

I kiss him anyway.

After all, I went home with him

because I’m drawn to him.

I kiss him anyway

because he charmed me

because he knew I’m drawn to him

when we walked home under the stars.