For my love when I am gone
Dear one I write you tonight
From a faraway land to say I love you
And I miss you more than words can say
Somewhere in the darkness I hear guns being fired
And I know someone is dying alone
In a muddy field
I wonder if tomorrow
Will be my day to die
Late at night when I can’t sleep
I dream of home
Mother’s garden and your angel smile
My father waits to play checkers
And I can smell the turkey cooking in the kitchen
Darling, I want to be home
With those who love me
Not in a strange land
Filled with ghosts
These words are all I can give you
Please try to understand them
Promise me that if I am lost
In this war I never wanted to fight
You will find me
I want to lie beneath our lilac tree
Hear the birds singing
Feel the breeze whisper in the grass
I love you
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Written on February 27, 2023
Submitted by juliette.eide70 on February 27, 2023
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 826 |
Words | 214 |
Stanzas | 26 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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