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Life Goes On

Nancy Davis 1953 (CA)

February 23 
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That space between a slow inhale

    sleepy eyes
          gentle touch
                   full heart
  
And a breath released

    sadness
           regret
                 melancholy

Is when I remember you
and all we did not share
 



              

About this poem

Written for the one that didn’t stay.

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Written on July 11, 2021

Submitted by Sunolgal2 on February 14, 2023

Modified on May 03, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X XXX X XXX XX
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 255
Words 38
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 3, 1, 3, 2
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Nancy Davis

Ups and downs, life goes on. Had a perfect childhood, with parents who were the loves of each other’s lives. Seventy years gone, many more to come, with joy and happiness, family and friends. Now a “Nana” more…

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