Nightmare #1: Into the Depths
In the hours after Midnight
I awoke with the strangest start;
a piercing kind of horror
which gripped my by the heart.
From the fluid darkness
tiny tendrils, curious hands
came creeping up my clammy skin;
their softness shocked my every nerve
and froze my motions in their haste.
Without a fight these darkened bonds
subdued my to the gloom,
and in the silence of the night
these strangers stole me from my room;
dragged me down, down through the depths
of shadow and bleak solitude.
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Submitted on April 16, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 469 |
Words | 86 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
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