Falling tears
She was just hanging there
The rope never stopped
Her broken neck kept bleeding
From her wrists i knew her history
This child has never known freedom
The cracks down her lips
The bones visible on cheeks
This child has never known love
From below her swaying body
A letter so short every word shattered
My heart
" i had a mother
I had a father
I was the only one
But i wasn't what
He had dreamt
I wasn't "enough"
She had no voice
My mother you see
So i became his thing
... i became his thing"
"May he bless them with
A son"
... she was 14.
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Submitted on May 26, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 558 |
Words | 110 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 13, 2, 1 |
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