Getting Out

This poem is one of my favorites so far. Of course I'm a girl and all girls LOVE cute, sensitive, lovey things. But this poem is sort of a backwards love. I think it is very easy to understand because we have all been in some sort of this situation. Anyone who has experienced a break-up can relate to the speaker's attitde in the poem. The first two stanzas illustrate the actions that have previously taken place. "Exhausted, we gave up.." reveals that the couple has tried to work things out, they have tried to remain together. Things just simply were too broken to fix. "We held on tight, and let go" sets the tone into place. This couple has a great deal of love for each other, they held on as long as they could before things fell apart completely. The blame of this break-up is also shared between the two. It seems there is no bitterness about the other person, only sadness and regret of losing him.