Don'T Worry
Dad, should we close the window before night?
Friends told, ghosts come after midnight church bell.
Though I've not seen ghosts, but friends understand
ghosts’ arrival in rooms, how they can tell?
Friends say, they hear ghosts' whisper, but no yell;
play with toys sitting on windowsill, slammed
while leaving; friends complain their muscles ache,
feel heavy, they are unable to stand.
Dad, do ghost absorbs their strength, they can't stand?
Friends hide colored pencils as ghosts do break;
they feel, ghosts misplace items those weighed light;
find room disorganized, wait for daybreak.
Birds remind my friends, it’s time to awake;
don't worry, ghosts stay away from the light.
~X~X~X~
Visayan splash
This is a sonnet form invented and named
by Jose Rizal M. Reyes of the Philippines.
It is stanzaic, consisting of three quatrains and a couplet
It is written in iambic pentameter.
The rhyme scheme is: abcb bcdc cdad da
Pasted from http://poetscollective.org/everysonnet/visayan-splash/
Thanks to Mr Lawrence Eberhart for the resource at Poets COLLECTIVE Site
Copyright © Pratap Roy | Year Posted 2021
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