Down By The River
Down by the river
Next to the willow tree
I washed away all the pain
And all the memories
Down by the river
It’s time my soul was clean
I might forgive and might forget
But some things can’t be unseen
.
Down by the river
There’s no tears in my eyes
I used to think, that we were in sync
But there was no compromise
Down by the river
Where glass shards turn to sand
I find myself with nothing left
But my will to understand
Down by the river
I lay down by the edge
I say goodbye One last time
My peace is my revenge
Down by the river
I start to walk away
The sun has set, to a silhouette
Of a new and better day
About this poem
I wrote this poem after losing a friendship with someone of 15 years. After the friendship ended, I threw everything I had that reminded me of her into the river by my house.
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Written on April 23, 2022
Submitted by chelseal.09801 on May 13, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | Axxx Abcb Adxd Aexe Axxx Afcf |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 670 |
Words | 144 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 9, 4, 4, 4 |
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