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Mother's Journey Home by GregoryCody
    Write a Rictameter Contest Winner 

Mother's
blank milky eyes
still know I'm here with her
as hand tightens in gentle grip ...
Cancer's endless greed steals her riddled frame
peaceful slip to needed slumber
"Journey home." I whisper
goodbye to my
Mother


Writing Prompt
A rictameter has 9 lines with a syllable count of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, with the last lines word/s identical to the first. Rhyming is not needed.
Write a Rictameter
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Author Notes
Special thank you to Kiwisteveh

     

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