The Poetic Musings of Dawn

tanka (#24)

Fear

begin to tremble
stomach quakes and falls
with each bloody scream
incapable of escape
one can only wait in fear

adrenaline rush
desired high fast achieved
sudden gush, short lived
at peak of trip comes the end
falling for a drug, terror

"Tanka is Japan's oldest poetry form.
Traditionally a tanka has five lines with 5-7-5-7-7 syllables.
Tanka presents one image or mood in the first two lines, shifting to a related idea in the next three, commonly about sadness, love, the shortness of life, or the seasons. Unlike the Japanese Haiku, Tanka may use poetical devices such as metaphor and personification."