As Birds Take Flight
She raised her head
as if she had heard
my faint, trembling whisper,
my begging plea
for her to turn
and look right at me.
But, no! Her eyes drift
to the squawking birds
flying overhead,
running from the desolation
of a cold winter’s night.
No more hot tea sits
waiting on the counter,
no warm blanket will be wrapped
around my cold, frigid body.
It’s been years now
since tears have flooded
her face, this place.
I cannot come home
to see her beaming features.
I am long since dead.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXBCXC XXAXX XBXC XXX XX A |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 467 |
Words | 91 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 |
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