Midnight Visitor
Michael C McAdoo 1974 (Phoenix Az)
Sitting alone staring at four blank walls.
Listening to the darkness as it calls.
I grabbed my bottle and the sleeping pills.
A ride to dreamland on nothing but thrills.
As I lay there slipping away on the floor.
I heard a vacant knock upon my door.
I opened it up to a stranger I swear I knew.
Hello my friend it's so good to see you.
I invited him in to sit and talk with me.
How this man filled my heart with glee.
A while later he said it was time for us to go.
What he meant by us I did not know.
But as we were walking out the door.
I saw myself lying dead upon the floor.
Michael C McAdoo
About this poem
Written during one of the dark times in my life.
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Written on March 01, 1993
Submitted by Mikeadoo1974 on December 21, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFFCC D |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 597 |
Words | 140 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 14, 1 |
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