Startled at night, I awake,
frozen, motionless, immobilized,
eyes straining into the black void,
phantoms darting about me,
springing from every direction,
heart racing, rapidly breathing,

fantasy and fear running amok

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October 16, 2019
F F I series 30 demi sonnet
Brian Strand, sponsor
 

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Poetry notes:
10/16/2019

As a child, from time to time I would have experiences similar to that described above.  Can you relate?  Could it be attributed to being too tired for not getting enough sleep, having stress or anxiety related to the family, school or the neighborhood?  Was it something as simple as what I had to eat that day or the Friday night/weekend monster movies?  Or all of the above?

Poetry form:  Demi-sonnet  -Demi-sonnets include seven lines of varying length and tend to be aphoristic in nature.  The form was invented in 2009 by American poet Erin Murphy whose fourth book of poetry, Word Problems, is a collection of demi-sonnets.

Image credit (using a vanilla filter): Artist Sharon Lyn Stackpole | via https://sharonlyn.com 

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