Dil-hi
Grief is all the love that is left unspent
Of knowing you can’t love someone
The love for a homeplace in a far away land
Hugs for a mother who weeps in blanks
For being not loved in return
A turn of the tide, a heatless burn
Grief is a curse of loved ones
Grief is a lie, a turn of a knife
The salt not of seas but of eyes
A churning of stomach
Repulsion from one’s own sickly hides
Of hot waters and hotter suns
Of spiced tongue and raining mud
Grief is a world yearned yet unsent.
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Written on March 20, 2024
Submitted by Swayamleen on March 20, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXXXBBC XXXXCXA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 490 |
Words | 104 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7 |
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