A Hug in the Kitchen



Approached by your slow stumble from behind,
Your darkness weighing you down like a boulder,
I felt your heavy touch and turned to find
Your dark-haired head there pressing on my shoulder.

I wrapped my arms around your burdened back
While yours just drooped and dangled by your side.
You leaned your body, wounded by today’s attack,
On me. I couldn’t hold you, but I tried.

I braced myself for your depressed collapse, and
Adjusted so that I could hold you longer.
My Love, when you’re worn out and cannot stand,
Just count on me and let me make you stronger.

That hug, there in the kitchen, bitter-sweet,
Felt like a win among the day’s defeat.
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Written on April 05, 2022

Submitted by purplepolarbear10735 on April 05, 2022

Modified on May 01, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB CDCD XBXB EE
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 657
Words 129
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2

Mikayla Taylor

Mikayla is a junior in college, majoring in Acting for the Stage and Screen and minoring in Creative Writing. She loves the performing arts and has a passion for directing and playwriting. She recently rediscovered her love for writing and began experimenting with poetry. She also loves drawing, painting, designing makeup, and doing anything artistic. more…

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