Forgive and Forget?
Nathaniel Hackey 1983 (Madrid)
Living in a memory
They say
Is not how to live
I need to let go
Forgive and Forget
But at these heights
The fall from letting go
Would kill most
Yet, I'm supposed to survive
Enjoy the ride
And forget the ghost
Even when their voices
Echo all the way down
I can never feel
Before I reach the end
Standing on solid ground
Will you be standing there?
Waiting for my fall
To catch me
Before I can't feel at all
Or will I be standing on my own again?
Reaching out to empty hands
Let's hope not
Let's hope that I can love again
About this poem
Some of the hardest times in my life that haunt me, I'm suggested by others to "let go" and "move on". But some things are too violent, bloody, and painful to forget. So what do I do?
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Written on November 30, 2021
Submitted by Nathaniel40 on February 06, 2023
Modified on April 17, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXBCX XCDBXD XXXXX XEAE FXXF |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 548 |
Words | 133 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 6, 5, 4, 4 |
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