You
You.
Were the only one
And, my dear, my darling, it has undone me.
Heart source flames outward, seeking, finding
None.
The rock to my lizard, the lizard to my rock.
We skittered across the skillet’s heat
The crushing delicious, searing, now
Gone.
They say caliche crumbles (bone crumbles)
To gravel, to dust.
Sifting shards through fingers through
days years ages
Searching, lingering, forever
Lost.
About this poem
My true love, Sam, lost his life to an aggressive cancer.
Font size:
Written on June 25, 2023
Submitted by kwortz on June 25, 2023
- 21 sec read
- 0 Views
Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDBEFGHIJAKLM |
---|---|
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 402 |
Words | 72 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Translation
Find a translation for this poem in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"You" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 19 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/164082/you>.
Discuss the poem You with the community...
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In