The lady in the tree
There was an old lady who sat at the tree.
The tree in the ally, the ally that grieved.
A rope dangled down as she prayed her goodbye.
I sat there and watched her fly up to the sky.
Many years later I walk to that tree.
A new rope each time, I counted, 1, 2, and 3.
The many lives lost I look back at her rope.
Soon to be mine I gave up all hope.
About this poem
When I wrote this poem I was going through a pretty rough moment in my life, losing a family member to suicide. I had to get it out on paper.
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Written on April 27, 2023
Submitted by ollie.burchett on September 08, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXBB AXCC |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 349 |
Words | 85 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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