Death Come... [Quadrilew]

Death come... slowly creep
Within my tainted soul
My tattered heart weeps
Feeling empty and cold

Within my tainted soul
Now a vacant light
A dark reflected glow
Pitched against the night.

My tattered heart weeps
Red teardrops fall like rain
Invading my sleep
As I rise up in pain.

Feeling empty and cold
I shiver from fear
My heart a blackened hole
Filling up with tears.

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Created by C. G. V. Lewis, the Quadrilew is a form of quatrain poem with an abab rhyming scheme,
repeating lines, and contains an alternating syllable structure.

In the first verse, the poet may either start with a five or six syllable line. If the choice is five then
the 'sounding' syllable count is (and opposite if the count is six):

VERSE ONE,
Line 1, 5 syllables.
Line 2, 6 syllables.
Line 3, 5 syllables.
Line 4, 6 syllables.
VERSE TWO,
Line 1, (which is a REPEAT of line 2 of the FIRST verse) has 6 syllables.
Line 2 new line of 5 syllables
Line 3 new line of 6 syllables
Line 4 new line of 5 syllables.
VERSE THREE,
Line 1, (which is a REPEAT of line 3 of the first verse) has 5 syllables.
Line 2 new line of 6 syllables.
Line 3 new line of 5 syllables.
Line 4 new line of 6 syllables.
VERSE FOUR,
Line 1, (which is a REPEAT of line 4 of the first verse) has 6 syllables.
Line 2 new line of 5 syllables.
Line 3 new line of 6 syllables.
Line 4 new line of 5 syllables.
If the first line of verse one has 6 syllables then the pattern is
Verse 1, 6565,
Verse 2, 5656,
Verse 3, 6565,
Verse 4 5656: (the rhyme pattern still being abab.)
If wishing to create a longer poem then the next verse (5) must be a completely fresh set of four lines,
these being used as before in the following three verses. Etcetera, etcetera.