She smiled



She smiled then looked away
And didn't say a word.
Her eyes wished to stay
That's what my heart heard.

She whispered I would be OK
Tho her voice was deterred.
Your eyes wanted to stay
But your vision was blurred.

About this poem

Wrote while sitting in ER with my 93 year old mother

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Written on November 13, 2023

Submitted by Foreverinhereyes on November 13, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB ABAB
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 214
Words 46
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4

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