Culminating Poem

Red faces and wet bodies
Suits and caps packed in a circle
No one lets go
Tearful exchanges and fearful changes
All because you said you're leaving
Devastation, dread, devotion
All for you
Final gatherings and moments
So much want to make it all special
Hurried memories and reminiscing
Hope and plans for the future
Excitement for next year and the coming months
I guess it won't be so bad


For this poem I used the show don't tell technique because I thought the vivid imagrey would be more suiting to the emotions I felt at the time rather than just stating them. I think this is partially because I was feeling so many different things that it's hard to use just one word to describe it. I also used some rhyming on the 4th line, and alliteration on the 6th. I thought that the alliteration would add some sort of melancholy and emphasis to the words listed seen as the only time that I put any emotion explicitly into words.