mom

Aaron Higgs 1978 (Cambridge, Ohio)



Early in the morn and my mom's dying
She says, "Aaron Help" and she's crying
Force her to swallow an Aspirin, no help
Now she's foaming out her mouth.

About this poem

my mom passed away in 2009, i was with her when she had a blockage in her brain blocking oxygen and she ended up brain dead. This poem is just me releasing some pain.

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Written on February 20, 2022

Submitted by athiggs78 on February 20, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABC
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 150
Words 29
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4

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