Based on a prompt over at dversepoets.com, I am attempting a poem using conflation. A version of this poem was written when I was going through panic disorder and was finally fed up with being terrified all the time. I recently found someone's "cheat" notes, written on small pieces of paper, outside of a local school and decided to combine the two ideas. I'm not sure if it works, but I'm submitting it for this challenge.
The End; a Beginning
Plot: series of events
that make a story.
Watch the knife,
split the flesh.
Foreshadowing: clues to
what will happen later.
Crack the bone,
pierce the heart.
Internal conflict: between
protagonist and her feelings.
Shed the blood
like waves of scarlet demons,
causing my heart to pound
hard against it's cage,
hard-wiring my terror.
Climax: the most exciting part.
If I am so afraid to die,
die now-
at your own hand.
Resolution: the ending;
show how conflict is resolved.
Release the demons,
expire the breath,
still the heart,
end the torment.
Plot: series of events
that make a story.
