Leaving



I can see you with my eyes.
As of now, you're in front of me
like I want you to be.
But the truth that I let my eyes in
is like the horizon
as it falls onto my shoulders.
You have to leave.
But, as long as you're in front of me
I can stab at bits of peace,
and grasp at air, to breathe.
But as the world starts to fall
like four walls surrounding me,
I feel too deep,
I think I have no escape from this fate,
from an echoing dark
that carves at my heart,
but once I get enough pieces so that I can breathe,
you have to leave.
We all have to go.
Next time I see you,
the ground will be laced with snow.
And I don't know what to do
because soon,
I'll be leaving, too.

About this poem

My stepsister is leaving for college in a week. It's very sad. This isn't mostly about her or anything, it's about change, and growing up, I think.

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Written on August 13, 2023

Submitted by lorlor on August 13, 2023

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Scheme abbcdeFbghibjklmhFnonopo
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 665
Words 161
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 24

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