Shadow monster

Deasia Carter 2005 (Athens)



There's a monster in My Shadow

It follows me wherever I go

This monster must be aware it knows I know it's there

There's a monster in my shadow

I can hear it's whispers

I can hear it's steps

I can see a glimpse of it out of the corner of my eye I know it's there for certain

There's a monster in my shadow

I can even see it in my mirror

It stares at me and I stare back

It smiles when I frown

Showing it's teeth when I say leave me be

There's a monster following me

In the dark it will roam in the dark it Will creak

If I don't speak

And Don't listen to the shrieks

if I don't look

at what should not be seen

I won't notice the monster staring at me

I do not trust this monster

that lives in my shadow

I do not trust this monster

I do not always

see

About this poem

A shadowing creature of the night does not play nice it gives a fright in the mirror and in the Halls the shadow creature is not fun at all

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Written on October 29, 2022

Submitted by deasiacarter16 on July 15, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A a x A x x x A b x x c c d d x x x c B a B x
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 778
Words 191
Stanzas 23
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

Deasia Carter

I write these for fun I do not mean no harm if you think creepy is no fun more…

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