A Lonely Grave



Roses wilted and rottened.
Deadly silence broken by heavy rains.
A lonely grave in the graveyard,
Waited for a rose.

Winds blowed, and skies changed.,
From blue to grey,
It rained and snowed.
A lonely grave in the graveyard
Waited for an old friend to come.

Hollow sounds,
Frosty breeze.
Every breath,
 A glimpse of distant hope.
Perhaps, the time has come,
For an old friend to visit,
For a warm hand to fondle the soil.
Perhaps, they'd leave a rose.

A lonely grave in the graveyard,
waited.
But no more.

About this poem

A melancholic poem about an abandoned grave waiting for a visitor. I wrote this one when I was grieving the death of a close one.

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Written on January 20, 2020

Submitted by soumiabookaholic on October 18, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme axAb axaAc xxxxcaxb Aax
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 509
Words 112
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 5, 8, 3

Soumia BENREKIA

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