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Rated: 13+ · Poetry · Dark · #2095981

My first attempt at a "Nonet" poem - written for WDC 16th birthday poetry contest


The cold lays his hands upon my soul.
His eyes black like dark beads of coal.
Watching me come up for breath,
In his eyes I see death.
I claw at the wall
Before I fall;
In the end
He takes
All

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Nonet form - http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/nonet.html
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