Analysis of Still Missing You



Everyday, for 32 to years, I always spoke to you.
But now, I'm forced to live my life especially anew.
Three years have gone by since I last heard your voice.
And I still feel as if my heart is being destroyed.
I never would of guessed, it would be this hard.
As I put being without you, in disregard.
At nights I feel ambivalent ,when my dreams are with you,
And always hoping I'll wake up and still see you.
But I'm always let down when reality kicks in.
That another day is to live without you and so painful to comprehend.
My life is different now and so am I.
I've had to relearn everything that I thought I knew in life.
Only this time,without you, being by my side.
It's hard some days and then some days seem better,
But the bad days are hard, almost too hard to endeavor.
I still get angry that you were taken away.
And how much I feel like I've been betrayed.
But I realize that these things had to happen for me to grow.
And to get to know myself only by being alone.
Maybe missing you will get better in time.
Maybe this mountain will get easier and less difficult to climb.
However this journey ends up to be,
I'll take every step still wishing you were right next to me.


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Poetic Form
Metre 10111111111 1111111101001 11111111111 0111111111001 11011111111 11110011001 11110100111111 01101110111 1111111010 101011110110110101 11110010111 11101101111101 1011110111 11110111110 1011111111010 111101101001 0111111101 111011111101111 0111111011001 10101111001 10110111000110011 101101111 111001110101111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 1,185
Words 255
Sentences 20
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 23
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 40
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 914
Words per stanza (avg) 232

About this poem

It's about missing my deceased mother.

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Written on February 14, 2023

Submitted by ElrodEntuitive on February 14, 2023

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Andrea Nichole Elrod

I'm 35 years old and live in Birmingham Alabama. I've been writing poetry since I was 13. My parents are both deceased. My dad died in 2017 of cirrhosis of the liver because he had an alcohol addiction and my mom passed in 2020 from various complications and a broken heart. My whole life so far has been all kinds of struggles and poetry has helped me express my deepest thoughts and what's inside out. more…

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