Dying Love
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
After the storm, the rumble
Of thunder fades,
Replaced by the whisper
Of raindrops on rooftops.
I am hanging on to the words
That slipped from your lips
Like petals falling
From a dying flower.
The world spins on,
Oblivious
To the pieces of me scattered
Across this silent room.
In this shattered mirror,
I catch glimpses of a love
That once burned
So fiercely.
But now,
Only embers remain,
Unable to ignite the flame
That once consumed us whole.
I trace the lines of your absence,
The empty spaces
Between our bodies,
And wonder if we were ever really there.
I am left adrift, lost
In the vastness of this empty ocean,
Where the waves of longing
Crash upon my mind.
But even in this darkness,
I find solace,
Because I am still
The writer of my own story.
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Written on July 05, 2023
Submitted by JoeStrickland on July 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 772 |
Words | 169 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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