Not there
katherine buchanan 1968 (Pascagoula, Ms)
I reached for you
You were not there
It frightened me so
My heart shook
I felt it crack
I need to feel the heat
From your skin underneath
My hand as I let your breathing
Lull me back to sleep
But I reached for you
You were not there
Katherine Buchanan
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Loneliness
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Written on July 11, 2023
Submitted by kbuchanan4853 on July 11, 2023
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| Scheme | aBcdefghiaB |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 253 |
| Words | 53 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
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