POEM STARTER
Inspired by Stephanie Lacson
Mortality
Write a poem with a structured rhyme scheme, which focuses on the theme of mortality.
Soon
Rules that bind us
People who steal trust
The hearts you lose
The people you choose
You can pretend you can't see
Whom all who scream in glee
As the souls get ripped apart
That is only the start
The heartbreak feeling
The hearts they're stealing
People who know
Are too afraid to show
In short sentences they say
The things that make us pray
You know it will be over soon
You are locked inside of that cocoon
I smile looking at the silver sheath
Showing all my teeth
I know it will be over soon
But for some
Death comes sooner than others