A Gift
A Gift
you’ll see it in your mother’s eyes, hands, and voice
as she tends to your scraped knee or wounded pride
it sneaks up on you while you’re working, hiding
among the rows of letters on your keyboard
it is often triggered by a familiar tune, revealing
the real magic behind the physics of guitar strings
it guides every choice you make at the grocery store
and every hour of sweat at the gym
when you plant a piece of it in a stranger’s garden,
with a little care it will grow back tenfold
it’ll make you blush and smile and blink to understand
how the bus you were riding on ended up here
it is a Gift you unwrap every morning and cherish
until your head meets your pillow each night
it owns no words comparable to its priceless value
it is the faithful chauffeur of courage and hope
it will walk with you to the cemetery
and keep you company as you walk back home alone.
by Anne Roulette
February 2, 2021
About this poem
I wrote this poem because I truly feel and have always felt that Love is what I live for. It guides every move I make, and it is my hope that more and more people will decide to choose love to heal this weary world.
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Written on February 02, 2021
Submitted by anner.72281 on August 27, 2023
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| Scheme | XX AX AX XX XX XX XX XX BX XB |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 933 |
| Words | 190 |
| Stanzas | 10 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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