Heartbreaking
I hope there is a Heaven,
With someone waiting there.
Where fear doesn't live,
And there's only love to share.
I hope there's someone's arms,
To wrap around you all.
That wash away the knowledge,
Of the day that you did fall.
I hope there is a warmth,
That fills your souls with peace.
I pray there's swings and roundabouts,
Where fun doesn't ever cease.
I pray that all your parents,
In fact right now I just don't know.
I know they will not heal,
Because they loved you so.
I pray one day for justice,
For a future not yet seen.
That laws will now be changed,
Because of a past that's been.
If Heaven has a staircase,
I'd climb up every stair.
And carry you all back down,
To see your parents waiting there.
About this poem
Written in the aftermath of the tragic Robb Elementary School Texas shootings.
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Written on 2022
Submitted by Soulwriter on May 26, 2022
Modified on May 03, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 721 |
Words | 164 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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