A Letter To Heaven
Norma Peterson 1968 (Summerville)
Dear Mommy and Daddy,
from your child below,
why did you leave me?
and where did you go?
I went to your funeral,
but couldn't understand,
why people were crying,
and holding each other's hand.
I saw you both laying,
in this strange looking bed,
Aunt Ruby looked down at me,
and softly she said.
"You're parents are gone
to live with GOD above,
He's a kind of wonderful
and will shower them with love."
I went through life
thinking GOD had done this,
what did he do with my parents
That I had loved and missed.
I'm a grown woman now
and I understand a lot
I'll always remember you
and cherish the memories I've got.
So Mommy and Daddy
when you get this letter
I hope you're okay
and doing a lot better.
Always remember
I love you both the same
From the daughter of both of you
from whence she came.
-Jeannie '86
About this poem
I wrote this back in 1986 It won here on Poetry.com and was published in a book.
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Written on May 05, 1986
Submitted by petersonnormaj on December 21, 2023
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Scheme | ABAB CDED EFAF XGCG XXXX XHIH AJXJ JKIK |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 818 |
Words | 183 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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