The Dark Decay



Deep asleep my heart stops beating,
why am I here this is a mistake.
Lost in darkness my skin is freezing,
I fell asleep but did I wake.
I do remember a porcelain plate,
I held a cup I ate and drank,
Hemlock soup with a Death Cap steak,
Oleander tea and a Ricin cake.
Poisonous dreams betrayal and scheming,
was it dinner that sealed my fate?
Looking down I am not breathing
I feel no sorrow if it ends today.
I see her face but she's not speaking
as I drift into the dark decay
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Submitted by maraccini.j on February 05, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABABCDBBACAEAE
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 478
Words 107
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

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