I Didn't Know Then Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A| If I'm being honest when I found out my grandpa had died I didn't really show a reaction Not because I didn't care but I didn't understand then the space he filled even miles away I was too naive to soak up the time with him I was too naive to think there was more I was too naive until that someday became never I was trying to be brave and I really tried to look strong But nothing will replace that guilt I felt I don't even remember most interactions with him I was too young to savor it but conscious enough to miss it It felt like I was crossing the street seeing an ambulance speed by brushing it off taking a couple of steps then getting hit by a car My mom always thought he had nine lives He had pneumonia at least twice after the age of Suffered a stroke Heart attack But worst of all his wife He would stay by her every day as she slowly became unable to put a name to his face That day I realized there definitely is something sadder than the movie Interstellar the deep hole in one's heart dug by death While he watches all of us from heaven I'll make sure to keep my elbows off the dinner table Then came the funeral I'd never been to one and I was hoping I would never have to People arrived dressed in black holding white flowers Our family was big but we no longer had power But the Barbary doves let go why can't I So there I sat crying looking at my screen writing something nobody will ever see | A |
Anna
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Poet's note: I'm not a writer. I don't even know if you would consider this a poem. But when my grandpa died, I felt so, ugh. To express how I felt, I wrote this. I hope others can relate.
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