Six feet under



I used to hate the smell of cigarettes but recently it's become my cologne
You sign your autograph on my neck
Your hands linger on my waist
And now I know I won't be alone




But then they say take a breath, take two

Your lungs are blocked with fluid

So here are some rules

Six      feet      apart

Your hands could no longer linger on my waist so they linger on my heart

Six      feet      apart

I once considered it to be so far




Three breaths, two breaths, one breath...

And suddenly six feet apart doesn't seem so far

but now you're 

Six

Feet

Under




I used to hate lilies but suddenly their my favourite flowers

I signed your autograph on a clock

When your days turned into hours

Your hands will forever linger on my soul

And now I know I will forever be alone

About this poem

This poem is about a someone losing their soulmate to a sickness.

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Written on May 15, 2001

Submitted by williamsshazia5 on July 29, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme axxa x x x B b B c x c x d x d x a
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 799
Words 182
Stanzas 16
Stanza Lengths 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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