Jack-in-the-Box

[IambicBlonde]

Hello, all! Here's a triad of fixed verse stanzas called triolets. The form requires particular sentences be repeated to offer alternate perspectives of the same phrase/idea. I didn't quite accomplish that with this but it was my first attempt. For any interested, look it up and give it a try! And if any would like to comment as to what they think this is about please do so that I know if I at least got my point across. Enjoy.


My house can only occupy one lord
And I regret to say its choice is you.
Though life has many pleasures to award
My house can only occupy one lord.
Your company may strike a joyful cord
But its destruction I cannot undo.
My house can only occupy one lord
And I regret to say its choice is you.

I have become a servant to your whip.
My former self is but a shadow now;
Its prior needs I have been forced to strip.
I have become a servant to your whip
And only feel alive when in your grip.
My haggard mind no longer matters how
I have become a servant to your whip;
My former self is but a shadow now.

A rancid stranger occupies the room
I wish that wisdom could have sheltered me.
Discarded freedoms pass by and presume
A rancid stranger occupies the room.
I had one chance but mocked redemption's womb
Which then became a tomb as now I see
A rancid stranger occupies the room;
I wish that wisdom could have sheltered me.

 

[Dark_Poet]

Good job!

That was a fun read. Thanks for sharing

 

[IambicBlonde]

Thanks!