My mom



i look at my mom and see my whole life
but i know that can change within a blink of an eye
the women who raised me
the woman i put through hell
and yet she’d still catch me if i fell
it’s unconditional love
something we can’t explain, show or tell
i’m sorry mom you’re not feeling to well

About this poem

it’s about a mother struggling to raise a teenager

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Written on September 24, 2021

Submitted by jblanco1577 on September 24, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDDEDD
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 294
Words 60
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8

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