Darkness
charlotte h wiggins 7966 (Greer)
I lay in bed, wide awake, my mind racing.
In complete and utter darkness, I can only
see the darkness of the all too often
creepy shadows that accompany the night.
I hear a faucet dripping somewhere off in
the distance of the immenseness that is this house.
It bangs throughout my head like Big Ben
is in my bedroom sounding off the latest hour.
I feel it in my chest thumping with a rumble like
the sound of rolling thunder passing through the night.
I hear a whisper that sounds like it’s right in my ear,
yet somehow rather faded, and off in the distance.
What’s she saying…It’s monotonous but
somehow soothing at the same time.
She is praying…praying for what, or who?
Praying for the light to hopefully
chase away the shadows of darkness.
Praying for love to chase away the
loneliness in her heart.
Bring back the forever love
she once knew to be real,
back to the deepest part of her soul.
About this poem
This is just something that came to me one night after waking in the middle of the night. I would love for everyone to let me know their honest opinion of what they think about it.
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Written on May 12, 2020
Submitted by flasquaw on November 28, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 938 |
Words | 187 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 2, 10 |
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