The Beginning of the Spread



He’s walking alone through the woods.
Only he thinks he’s alone.
If only the directions he understood…
All he knows is that you can’t be cloned.

He thinks he’s losing his mind.
His eyes are making him insane.
There’s something not of his kind,
but he has to hide away the pain.

The mysterious lurking throughout the brush.
The mysterious house with lights shining bright.
The voices loudly telling him to hush.
There’s a shadow moving within the night.

He cannot help but to scream so loud.
The lights from the house shut off.
You would hear him from above the clouds.
He pauses and hears a cough.

Maybe it’s just a man.
Maybe he’s going to sleep.
He’s so tired that he can’t stand.
It’s quiet, too quiet, there's not even a peep.

He can’t help but to walk to the house.
It’s a bad idea, but he’s lost.
Something runs from beneath, just a mouse.
He opens the door, clueless at what he has caused.

About this poem

People have wondered how disease has been to spread to those around the world. This poem represents how disease struck with one simple mistake.

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Written on March 16, 2023

Submitted by Mikayla12456 on March 16, 2023

Modified on March 24, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXX ABAB CDCD XXXX XEXE FXFX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 931
Words 194
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

Mikayla R. Galvan

Mikayla Rae Galvan is a teenager who has a passion for many things as well as writing poems. She mainly writes her poems off of her past experiences or creative ideas. more…

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