With or Without? - a Quadrille

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  For dVerse's Q213, where we are asked to write a quadrille using the prompt word with.  

A quadrille is a dVerse’ poetic form of 44 words, not including the title.

With you.

Without you.

No telling which is best.

After all our years together

you would think it would be easy.

With, you say you're whole.

Yet, without you I am myself.

Why can't with and without merge,

to form a compromise for love?  

©2024 Lisa Smith Nelson. All Rights Reserved 

Comments

  1. JadeLiNovember 25, 2024 at 2:06 PM

    So much of existence is a paradox, so why not? Love where you took the prompt, Lisa.

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  2. Kim GloverNovember 25, 2024 at 2:13 PM

    That gravitational pull - together and not - you've described it so well.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 25, 2024 at 3:46 PM

    with or without you ....a complex challenge to find the right balance in a relationship...-Truedessa

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  4. Dwight L. RothNovember 25, 2024 at 3:51 PM

    A good one! Great question.

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  5. AnonymousNovember 25, 2024 at 4:43 PM

    A thought provoking piece. Well done.

    Arcadia Maria

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