Not Again (2025)
Poet
THERE’S NO WAY
YOU’RE WAITING FOR ME
TO LOVE YOU AGAIN.
I WAS HAPPY
MAKING IT LAST ON MY OWN.
STOP LOOKING AT ME
LIKE YOU WANT ME AGAIN.
THAT’S ONLY GOING TO HAPPEN
WHEN NEVER COMES AGAIN.
"Not Again" is a poem of finality, resistance, and self-empowerment. Through short, deliberate lines, slam rejects the possibility of rekindling a past love, making it clear that they have moved on. The repetition of “again” throughout the poem emphasizes the cycle they refuse to re-enter, reinforcing the idea that some doors, once closed, should remain that way.
powerful.
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