Do It! Diction

 No one can see me, no one would stop me, no one could help me. They would just call the _____ but it would be too late. My only regret is _____. She’d have the coffee on. There was a time during my search for a cure when I tried everything to stop including giving up _______. The smell filled the ______. I loved to drink a ______ of ______ in the _______, to say ______ to ______ after we’d spent another _______ together. I’d tell her now it’s going okay except for the poison. It’s going okay except for how much I miss her and ______. _______? ______?! I’ve never been a very good ______.

Police, my mother, on life, room, cup, tea, morning, good morning, mother, night, the poison, okay, poison, liar

No one can see me, no one would stop me, no one could help me. They would just call the _____ but it would be too late. My only regret is _____. She’d have the coffee on. There was a time during my search for a cure when I tried everything to stop including giving up _______. The smell filled the ______. I loved to drink a ______ of ______ in the _______, to say ______ to ______ after we’d spent another _______ together. I’d tell her now it’s going okay except for the poison. It’s going okay except for how much I miss her and ______. _______? ______?! I’ve never been a very good ______.

Hospital, my wife, the marriage, outside, glass, wine, evening, goodnight, my beloved, moment, want her, miss, want, liar

I think even before I filled in the blanks, the poem had a very dark tone to it. I think the first one is not as sad compared to the second paragraph I did. The differences in the two paragraphs is that it feels like the speaker is remembering good times he shared with his mother, as to not having many good things to say about his wife. Another difference I want to point out is in the first paragraph, the speaker spent a whole day with his mother, where as to his wife, they only have moments with each other. Also, in the last two lines, the speaker lies to his mother about everything being alright, while in the second paragraph he lies to his wife about missing her. I get the sense that the speaker has a bit of melancholy towards his wife, for whatever reasons. One thing is the speaker lies to both women in his life to spare their emotions.