Me, by the hand
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
I ran towards the tracks
You ran towards me
The eyes in the back of my head
The train whizzed past
As you took me, by the hand
I have run my whole life
Sometimes racing
Sometimes riding the train
Often waiting for the trains passing
What If that train had caught me instead of you.
Today I could be the one taking your hand in that distant golden land.
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Written on April 18, 2023
Submitted by heathert.34240 on April 18, 2023
Modified on April 18, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 352 |
Words | 71 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
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