Shiver (Triolet)

Fleeting voices inside my head
drummers of chaos, whispering
scattered emotions have misled
fleeting voices inside my head
caffeinated tears are misread
devilish snickers gossiping
fleeting voices inside my head
drummers of chaos, whispering

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A Triolet is a poetic form consisting of only 8 lines. Within a Triolet, the 1st, 4th, and 7th lines repeat, and the 2nd and 8th lines do as well. The rhyme scheme is simple: ABaAabAB, capital letters representing the repeated lines.

Make writing a Triolet more challenging! Make each line 8 syllables in length (4 metrical feet), written in iambic tetrameter (the more common way), or try it in pentameter (English version) where each line only has 10 syllables (5 metrical feet).