Time to Hide

Midnight, and the whispers begin

with loud echoes and plans to do harm

from the demons inside of my skin.

Unable to sound the alarm

as the demons all try to escape

with loud echoes and plans to do harm.

Horrid visions of murder and rape

while the doors in my mind open wide

and the demons all try to escape.

Far too many to hold them inside,

I finally give in to their screams

while the doors in my mind open wide.

As the voices tell me their dark dreams,

my resistance is futile at best.

I finally give in to their screams.

Accepting these bitter requests

with a smile and a gleam in my eye,

my resistance is futile at best.

The fell beasts in my mind I let fly

with a smile and a gleam in my eye!

'Tis midnight, and the whispers begin

from the demons inside of my skin.

(a terzanelle in anapestic trimeter)