This can't
Shonda Stafford 1988 (Shattuck)
This can't end with you gone!
This can't end with you not being home with me!
This can't end like this my fighting for you all these years abruptly stopped!
This can't end with your death
This can't end with now a whole in my heart
This can't be the end of unanswered questions !
This can't be the end of nothing but memories of the first and last time I've seen you in year's now you lay in a casket white as a ghost and cold as ice !
This can't be my last memory of you;MAY13,2021 same-day as my left arm Sergey got the call that afternoon!
About this poem
I wrote this thinking of my daughters death since how I was cheated out of being in her life by my ex husband and she was killed then not a year of him having custody of her. My first and last time in years I got to see her and tell her hi I love you and good bye
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Written on December 21, 2021
Submitted by ShondaStafford2020 on December 21, 2021
Modified on April 25, 2023
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| Scheme | X X X X X X X X |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 549 |
| Words | 121 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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