Mother



pulling me to her chest
she kissed my head and sighed
I wanted to kiss her
until she died
her tears fell
to the center of the room
she creased the depth of my heart
and I fell asleep in the fold
inching into death
she cried a tear
that fell to the window
as outside it started to rain
she was a bottle with
a broken seal set off to eternity
an errie reflection
a last swallow
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on April 26, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCBDEFGHIJKLMNJ
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 360
Words 78
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16

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