Fear

Icy fear begins to wrap its tendrils 'round my beating heart;
Ripping at my fragile soul, I lose control and fall apart.
Tears won't spill but settle as a lump inside my throat instead.
Paralysed, I'm forced to face the darkened thoughts inside my head—
Memories once buried deep now make my mind begin to spin.
Sweat runs out from ev'ry pore and beads upon my ashen skin;
Tremors creep inside my flesh and rattle all the bones within;
Heaving lungs attempt to force it out but horror won't depart.
Pulsing through my veins, my body's drowning in eternal dread;
Drained, I let it ravage me—against this force, I cannot win.



Form: CinqTroisDecaLa Rhyme--10 lines of 15 syllables, rhyme scheme = AABBCCCABC.