Memory
Milka Bachman 1972 (Santa Clara)
I've spent my days
folding a star into an origami
I sat at the edges of my reason
and wrote a book of wisdom
Your soul is still too young
to understand what conscience is
These nights, I walk around
the memories of us with caution
for broken things
tend to have sharp edges
There is always a place within me
drowning in your absence
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Written on August 24, 2022
Submitted by mjbachman2 on August 24, 2022
Modified on April 18, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XA BA XX XBXX AX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 337 |
Words | 70 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 4, 2 |
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