Terror within
Through the stillness my madness grows
My skin electric from toes to nose
And as the clocks, steady, ticks away
I feel a terror within me lay
A burden carried in my mind
A steady uneasyness do I find
Silence broken by a sound at bay
I feel a terror within me lay
A looming shadow of the unknown
A feeling of being all alone
I realize that I am prey
I feel a terror within me lay
I see despair waiting ahead
A murky trench that I must tread
My flesh slowly turning to decay
I feel a terror within me lay
My hands outstretched to use as eyes
They cannot help see through the lies
I yell out "help me, light the way"
I feel a terror within me lay
My organs finally spill out
I truly hope I was devout
For as my soul departs this day
I feel a terror within me lay
Font size:
Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 47 sec read
- 0 Views
Quick analysis:
Scheme | aabB ccbB ddbB eebB ffbB ggbB |
---|---|
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 736 |
Words | 157 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Translation
Find a translation for this poem in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Terror within" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 1 Jun 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/85872/terror-within>.
Discuss the poem Terror within with the community...
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In