Uprooted

Ramona Betancourt 1949 (New York)



Cord cut, bond broken
Child grew forward looking.
Left fold, set goals
To see more
Of what the world had in store.
Glanced back now and then
Wrote to various next of kin
Who due to solid walls
Didn’t know him well at all.
A few times seen, briefly heard
Followed by years without a word
Guess when past is put away
Old memories no longer stay.
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Written on November 09, 2021

Submitted by 4Cecilia9 on November 09, 2021

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Scheme ABCDDEFGHIIJJ
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Characters 345
Words 70
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13

Ramona Betancourt

Retired assistant librarian living in Lewes, Delaware since 2019. Was born and resided in New York before that. more…

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