Slightly Ajar
How many deaths have I truly known?
Not wheeling corpses from empty homes
But lovers, family, foe, and friends
I've seen before, but won't again
If I never see a person for the rest of my life
Are they truly alive?
If they never see me for the rest of their life
Am I truly alive?
How do you know when someone's dead?
Must the ground rest on their head?
Or could it be,
Forever more,
That someone dies,
When you close a door
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Written on January 12, 2022
Submitted by dante_unknown on January 12, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 429 |
Words | 97 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4 |
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