i was you



i was you
for 24 years

i was you
curious
naive
wondrous

i was you…

then you arrived
confused
soft
innocent

the instant you began to breathe
i became something new

no longer was i curious
naive
wondrous

i am now here for you

About this poem

This poem is about becoming a mother. It describes how one can go from being an innocent, naive person to becoming someone with so much responsibility in an instant.

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Written on March 07, 2022

Submitted by ameisterbarnes on March 08, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme Ax AbCB A xxxx xa bCB a
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 231
Words 50
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 4, 1, 4, 2, 3, 1

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