i can’t hold your hand
do you remember the day you learned the world would end?
i used to imagine who i'd call when it finally happened
but it felt like right at that moment the earth would swallow itself whole
in spite, it didn't
i ran to my mother looking to lose the weight of the world
she said she couldn't hold my hand
still the world remains intact
something finally clicked
and everything felt heavier for some reason
About this poem
based on a memory i had has a kid
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Written on April 10, 2022
Submitted on April 11, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 410 |
Words | 84 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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