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