Chronically Fatigued

Bone-weary, each muscle so heavy
Stone-heavy. each limb bathed in fire
Grown numb with the growing frustration
Known to be, not sick, simply 'tired'.

Hear now the music and laughter around
Cheering crowds, dazzling sights, much more besides.
Here is the circus, come in and enjoy it
Here I lie, M.E. and me: outside.

(8 lines)

  

Form: Lento

A Lento consists of two quatrains with a fixed rhyme scheme of abcb, defe as the second and forth lines of each stanza must rhyme. To take it a step further, but not required, try rhyming the first and third lines as well as the second and forth lines of each stanza in this rhyming pattern: abab, cdcd. The fun part of this poem is thrown in here as all the FIRST words of each line should rhyme. There is no fixed syllable structure to the Lento, but keeping a good, flowing rhythm is recommended.

For an added challenge, one may write a four-verse Lento and call it a Double Lento, or a six-versed Lento to become a Triple Lento.

See: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/lento.html