Sonder
Other people,
Tiny lights,
In a windowsill at night,
Heartbeats
In the silence.
I am one of you, I think,
And you are just like me,
A little world of privacy
Moments in time,
In place, as I pass by.
You were in
My periphery, and
There you could’ve stayed,
A passer by at dusk
Forever.
I think
“Goodbye”
Is the hardest thing to say
Besides “I love you”
And to mean it
When you say either.
About this poem
Little lights at night make me remember that I am not alone.
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Written on January 01, 2023
Submitted by Lynk on January 11, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXXX ABBXC XXXXD ACXXXD |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 401 |
Words | 90 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 6 |
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