A slice of bread
Hunger
Empty stomach for so long
A sunrise announced with rain on the tongue
The mind hurt like tightly closed eyes
The heart so alone it starts to sigh
A mouth shut down in a freezing world
The only friend sought long cold and burnt
Body growing frail in a one way mirror
A forbidden bed the ground for to shiver
A hand reaches out its memory kind
Not this time is the passer blind
Finally a slice of bread once forgotten and lovely
And a sweet taste chewable if only, barely
Clinging onto life despite its sadness
Fighting back the endless madness
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Written on January 02, 2024
Submitted by heathert.34240 on January 02, 2024
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 556 |
Words | 110 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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