When creepy voices inside my head whisper,

Self- doubts and baseless ramblings invade ruthlessly,

Mindless and vicious seem every intruder.

 

Through invisible doors fears enter,

Oh! How can I ever be carefree,

When creepy voices inside my head whisper.

 

If only all thoughts had a filter,

My mind would be far from messy,

Mindless and vicious seem every intruder.

 

Overthinking about things that hardly matter,

I slide down an unknown trajectory, 

When creepy voices inside my head whisper.

 

Sometimes my courage and confidence seem to wither,

And my anxious brain becomes murky,

Mindless and vicious seem every intruder.

 

Rising above my flaws, destiny I try to conquer,

Consciously sowing seeds of positivity,

However, when creepy voices inside my head whisper,

Mindless and vicious seem every intruder.

 

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𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲 : 𝗩𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲

The Villanelle is known for its repeated lines and a refrain. It consists of five tercets and a quatrain (6 stanzas or 19 lines in total). The form is expressed this way:

A1 b A2 (1st tercet)

a b A1 (2nd tercet)

a b A2 (3rd tercet)

a b A1 (4th tercet)

a b A2 (5th tercet)

a b A1 A2 (a quatrain; last stanza-serves as the poem’s concluding lines)

 

The capitals are for the refrains and lowercase letters are for the rhymes.