Demons Haunt
Demons haunt my darkened brain
Taunting me with a liquid pain
Bulging veins that draw me closer
A wicked shot, my heart grows colder
Needle and spoon--my ball and chain
A flicker of fire fans the flame
Black as night and thick as tar
My blood's on fire with a liquid scar
The demons come, but rarely leave
I tried to run, but the needle cleaves
It's voices I hear, the demons call
I ascend to heaven, but quickly fall
To hell and back, a forceful urge
I cannot cleanse, nor can I purge
A coursing river through my veins
Fast and fleeting, the urge remains
The tracks that mark a lonely trail
A gateway to my living hell
It tears into my supple flesh
And takes away my living breath
A jarring smack into my brain
Of empty hopes, sorrow and pain
But soon to shake off this mortal coil
And find my rest deep in the soil
©2015 Brian Duffin
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Submitted by brian.duffin on May 30, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AABB AXCC XXDD EEFF XXXX AAGG X |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 812 |
Words | 162 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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