Mama
Skeletal,
shriveled,
your shell's a delicate, dry
and brittle casing,
soon shed.
Now,
age accumulates and,
exiled and bewildered --
all free choice fled --
death's an unknown terror.
You miss your home,
cannot understand how,
to those who once bent to your will,
you've faded to a shadow,
powerless, almost forgot,
a consequence of the natural order.
Enjoy the moments in the sun,
your food, your precious life's breath
that I listen for at night.
I cling, and mourn your life --
so changed.
Your stroke
has paralyzed us both...
my pity, cloaked in love,
is but another grievous wound
you bear.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABCDEFGHEIJFKLMINOPQRSTUVW |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 569 |
Words | 103 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 26 |
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