A Chandelier that Projects Tree Shadows
At night the white walls comes to life
As roots crawl steadily to sky
Crowning tepid air with sharp knife
Branches writhe to drumming cries
Gnarled arms embracing black forest
As roots crawl steadily to sky
To pounce on pitiful harvest
Where once dawn rules, shadows now reign
Gnarled arms embracing black forest
Thick with mourning of past in chains
Filled with panic of scented prey
Where once dawn rules, shadows now reign
Toss in bed, legs restless betray
Feverish trance of a lost soul
Filled with panic of scented prey
Gnarled arms embracing black forest
As roots crawl steadily to sky
To pounce on pitiful harvest
Where once dawn rules, shadows now reign
Gnarled arms embracing black forest
Thick with mourning of past in chains
Filled with panic of scented prey
Where once dawn rules, shadows now reign
Toss in bed, legs restless betray
Feverish trance of a lost soul
Filled with panic of scented prey
You hear mocking sounds & loud groans
At night the white walls comes to life
Feverish trance of a lost soul
Crowning tepid air with sharp knife
At night the white walls comes to life
Feverish trance of a lost soul
Crowning tepid air with sharp knife
Posted for Imaginary Garden for Real Toads - Challenge Poetry Form - Terzanelle
Terzanelle: This is a marriage of the Italian Terza Rima with the French Villanelle and can present a challenge to the serious poet. It consists of five stanzas of three lines (tercets), and the final stanza having four lines (quatrain). To read more including the complicated rhyme scheme, please click on Real Toads ~
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