With twirling thoughts inside my head
In knowing each step I took was right
I lay here gazing at walls instead
There is no sleep for me tonight
This first night without you here
Coldness where warmth beside me lay
I find myself in anguished mood
With twirling thoughts inside my head
In this desolation of my thoughts
I mourn the path that brought me here
To blame is futile and pleas unheard
In knowing each step I took was right
The bright moon scoffs at my attempts
And shines its light on the truth of it
Watching its path travel this room
I lay here gazing at walls instead
Somnolence will not be found here
In midst this turmoil of my soul
Dawn will find me as dusk left me
There is no sleep for me tonight
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Today I Cascade.
In a Cascade a poet creates the initial stanza then takes each consecutive line from that first stanza and makes those the final lines of each stanza afterward. If the first stanza is sextet, then the complete poem will have seven stanzas of sextets. A tercet results in four stanzas of tercets and so on. Beyond that, there are no additional rules for rhyming, meter, etc.
This is painful to read. 😦
Boy do I know this well:
“Dawn will find me as dusk left me
There is no sleep for me tonight”
Well done on the Cascade form, Raivenne, but such an abject, lonely night you describe.
Oh the cascade form… have tried it a few times…
So unsettling when even the moon scoffs at one’s predicament. The repetition in this form added to the feeling of frustration and loneliness.
Cascade form is a challenge but you nailed it ~ I specially like the last stanza ~
Splendid Cascade! The words dug deep and struck a resonant chord.
I know those sleepless nights! I’ve written about them too. (https://madpoetenchained.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=511&action=edit)
Thanks Sean. You attached the admin link, not poem link.