A Dame in Shame (monotetra)

Shade of the past calls, sets aflame...
to plague and slay life is its aim,
deprived happiness comes to claim
a broken dame, a broken dame;

Brief smiles dance in the arms of flame
while swallowed feelings live with blame,
caged thoughts sit still seeking no fame
crying in shame, crying in shame;

Pregnant moon dance on window frame
bringing to mind those hostile names,
storm of an angry past brought fame
leaving her lame, leaving her lame.

The monotetra is a new poetic form developed by Michael
Walker. Each stanza contains four lines in monorhyme. Each
line is in tetrameter (four metrical feet) for a total of eight
syllables. What makes the monotetra so powerful as a
poetic form, is that the last line contains two metrical
feet, repeated. It can have as few as one or two stanzas, or
as many as desired.

Stanza Structure:

Line 1: 8 syllables; A1
Line 2: 8 syllables; A2
Line 3: 8 syllables; A3
Line 4: 4 syllables, repeated; A4, A4