If I Follow



If I Follow
 
If I follow you, will you remember me,
when the road starts to curve and there’s nothing left to see?
 
If I loved you, would you burry me,
after you and I have run our course and there’s nothing left of we?
 
If I surrender to your touch, will you hold me tight,
or sneak away guiltless and flee like a thief in the dark of the night?
 
If I were drowning in the pools of your eyes, would you hasten to my rescue,
or slowly absorb what’s left of me into all of you?

Gina Madeya
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Submitted by IndigoHeart on March 23, 2023

Modified on April 10, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X AA AA BB CC
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 499
Words 113
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 2, 2, 2

Gina Madeya

I'm a hopeless romantic who attempts to write when inspiration strikes or life stirs my soul.. Born on the East Coast, now living in the PNW, I'm a Realtor by day and would-be poet by night. A reader, wine lover and foodie, I enjoy this space for creative outlet more…

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