Uvalde
UVALDE
Uvalde,
They say they feel your pain,
But they cannot feel your pain.
No one can.
I feel pain because you feel pain,
But I cannot feel your pain.
I am angry because you are angry,
But I cannot feel your anger.
I feel rage because you feel rage,
But I cannot feel your rage.
I grieve because you grieve,
But I cannot feel your grief.
No one can feel your
Pain, anger, rage, or grief
If they were not there.
I can only imagine what you must feel,
And that image
Haunts my thoughts and dreams.
May 25, 2022
About this poem
Written after the school shooting in Uvalde, TX.
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Written on May 25, 2022
Submitted by johnkassel on March 03, 2023
Modified on April 24, 2023
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Scheme | XAAX AA XX BB XC XCX XXX X |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 535 |
Words | 125 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 1 |
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