POEM STARTER
Inspired by Robin Marlowe
Write a poem that contains a volta before the final line.
A volta is a twist, normally at the end of a sonnet. Rather than a plot twist, this is normally a change of ideas, an inversion of the main theme, or a change of heart about an opinion.
Stop
Grip my heart
Seize my mind
Everything slows but time
Beacon that Fear is, shines
Solace, I’ve left behind.
Panic seizes my heart.
Can’t breathe,
My breath’s too short
All that I want is to
Stop.
Scream. Scream.
Rabbit hole, down I go
Mind pleads,
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Breathe. Breathe.
World spins to fast, I know.
All that I want is to
Stop.
Think. Think.
Too fast, too deep, too slow.
Forget everything that I know
Pause. Pause.
Catch my breath.
Wait, don’t go.
All that I want is to
Stop.
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(This is not a volta as the prompt sets out. Just a free form poem that came to me this morning )
