Roses of the Shadow
I watered the winter roses
Dressed in white silk
Warm in my breath
Brittle to my hand
My eye caught the log fire
and reminded me of home
A place I had missed
a long time ago
My clothes were tattered
Dirt filled my pores
Hardened by the sunrise
So itchy and coarse
My things stolen
Missing or lost
I folded my hands
and repented to God
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Written on September 08, 2022
Submitted by HeatherLydiaThornhill on September 08, 2022
Modified on April 25, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 337 |
Words | 70 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
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