Head and heart hurt, pain;
pain fills my heart and head.
Lungs will explode, cannot breathe;
breathe, in and out, expand your lungs.
Indescribable pain, I want to scream.
Scream, the pain is indescribable.
Deep and poignant distress, please stop;
stop, please, such poignant distress, so deep.
Sadness, regret, anguish, feelings abound;
abound with anguish, regret, such sadness.
Grief, will it ever end?
End, go away, leave me alone Grief.
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The Mirror Sestet, created by Shelley A. Cephas is a poem that can be written in one or more stanzas of 6 lines each. The specific guidelines for this form are as follows:
The first word of line 1 rhymes with the last word of line 1. The first word of line 2 is the last word of line 1 and the last word of line 2 is the 1st word of line 1. The first word of line 3 rhymes with the last word of line 3. The first word of line 4 is the last word of line 3 and the last word of line 4 is the 1st word of line 3. The first word of line 5 rhymes with the last word of line 5. The first word of line 6 is the last word of line 5 and the last word of line 6 is the 1st word of line 5.
The Mirror Sestet can also be written in non-rhyme. All rules must be followed except there is no 1st and last word rhyming.
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