Seen
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
When I write I see your hand on the pen
As I think I look at your face staring at the page
As my chest rises I watch your chest fall
I hold the paper on your bended knee
When my heart stirs its your toes that curl
I am the paper but you are the tare
the piece that says
I'll leave you
........................................................
There
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Written on September 16, 2022
Submitted by HeatherLydiaThornhill on September 16, 2022
Modified by HeatherLydiaThornhill on September 16, 2022
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFGH |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 348 |
Words | 67 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 9 |
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