Memory

Milka Bachman 1972 (Santa Clara)



I've spent my days
folding a star into an origami

I sat at the edges of my reason
and wrote a book of wisdom

Your soul is still too young
to understand what conscience is

These nights, I walk around
the memories of us with caution
for broken things
tend to have sharp edges

There is always a place within me
drowning in your absence
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Written on August 24, 2022

Submitted by mjbachman2 on August 24, 2022

Modified on April 18, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XA BA XX XBXX AX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 337
Words 70
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 4, 2

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