Reality



When tears start running down your face
and there is nothing you can do to stop them.
When the smile upon your face disappears
and it’s hard to find your way back to it.
When the light in your eyes fades away
and everything turns into darkness.
When your soul turns blue as the ocean
and you feel like you are drowning.
When your heart stopps beating
and you know love has left you for an eternity -
That is when knowledge turns into sorrow.

About this poem

This poem is about loss, about losing the love of your life and knowing you will never get it back.

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Submitted by Olivera on March 18, 2023

Modified on March 20, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFGHHIJ
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 443
Words 89
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 11

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