Home

Georgie Evans 1988 (Winchester)



I think of home
And it’s where you are
The image tinted orange,
the furious blur of a tail.

Then I remember
that you’re not there at all
And the picture shatters,
my heart in pieces.

I see you on the table
Your tired old body at peace
And my world goes black,
the air leaves my lungs.

How many times do I have to do this
until you are there
and I open my eyes
to find it was all just a horrible dream?

About this poem

My soul dog died and I wrote this poem as I struggled to cope with the devastating pain of losing her.

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Written on November 04, 2022

Submitted by on November 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 413
Words 95
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

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