Demons
Victoria Lamphear 1968 (TN)
Young of the age of 7
Told to go to bed
Watching the fan blades twirl
Demon lurking behind
Mocking and laughing
Suddenly the fan lifts up
Moving to the doorway
I jump up and bend to avoid
the blades and cord
feeling the cord on my back
as I run from the room
What do I do
Who do I tell
What do I say
My dad is who I trust
but his reaction is not expected
Told to go to bed
Told you are dreaming
I felt the cord
I seen the small shape
It was not natural
It was not human
This was the beginning
And to this day there is no ending
Demons lurk
Demons taunt
I refuse them
I rebuke them
They still persist
Demons are real
Demons are
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Submitted by Victoria.Lamp1! on May 02, 2021
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 596 |
Words | 134 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 31 |
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