Salt
I cannot with my crippled fingers paint the sky with all its tears
I cannot with these trembling arms hide insecurity in the mirrors
I cannot with these broken legs walk the distance that it takes
To get to love, to hope, to you - wherever that safe place is
And somehow you still love me
Somehow you seem to care
And though I want to say I love you, you see, it would be unfair
Because you deserve so much more than I am or ever could be
Because you’re a faceted jewel in the rough
And I’m a grain of salt to the sea
About this poem
I wrote this poem in order to put into words how helpless love can feel
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Submitted by fletcherjaney on August 23, 2022
Modified on March 22, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 523 |
Words | 108 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
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