Sciamachy
I look at the shadows behind
everyone, that walks down the street,
demons that then wait to rewind
move out of the bodies to meet;
The shadows that are left behind,
are demons walking down the street.
I hear them whisper to their souls
how tight the grip of their thoughts are,
restless they make them, just like ghouls
who wander their voids deep afar;
the thoughts that might rumble afar,
are holding on to our very souls.
I feel my body fight off those
shadows, that lurk in the corners,
it thus seem like the paths I chose
were maybe designed for mourners;
inner demons weren't for those,
who chose to come out of corners.
I make those shadows realise
they now exist only in me,
no demons left to idealise
those shadows are now glowing free;
for I fought my inner demons,
and shadows, used to breaking free.
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A/N : The form used here is called Inverted Refrain. It consists of four 6-line stanzas, for a total of 24 lines.
Rhyme Scheme: Lines #1-4 are abab; Lines #5 and #6, the two inverted refrain lines, can be a,b or b,a.
Meter is 8 syllables in every line.
The couplets in each stanza can reorganize the information in the previous four lines in a summarized manner.
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