I Tried to Cry
I tried to cry, but neither eye
Would shed a single tear
The funeral was people full
Emotions were quite clear.
Alzheimer's took my mom away,
And yet I felt no grief.
The love I should have had that day
Was stolen by a thief.
Her ways with me stained everything
And so, it is still true
That fate will choose what it will bring,
And God will do that too!
About this poem
My mom was buried on 11-23-2008.
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Written on November 21, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on November 21, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on November 21, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 356 |
Words | 78 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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