When the Tide Turns

And I
said unto him
she shall sing, she of the
melting horizons shall sing the
blues.  He

turned to
me and said, but
the moment brings peril
there are demons in the wings, they
lurk, skulk

seek to
silence she of
the melting horizons.
Yet it is writ in star dust, I
said.  We

can do
nothing but bear
witness to her song.  None
can thwart the course of fate.  Yes, a
storm is

coming
we must beware
but first she must take her
stage and break everyone’s heart to
pieces.

_{^{© N Nazir 2022}}

Written for dVerse Poetry Prompt Night, hosted by Laura, who sets us the challenge to write…

…either a cinq-cinquain:

• a series of 5 [entire] Crapsey Cinquains, 25 lines total
• syllabic count: 2-4-6-8-2 in each stanza
• written with or without breaks between stanzas

 OR the cinquain chain/crown cinquain:

• a series of 5 [entire] Crapsey Cinquains, 25 lines total
• syllabic count: 2-4-6-8-2 in each stanza
• written with a break between each stanza
• last line of the previous cinquain repeated as first line of the next cinquain
• Note: The final line of the last cinquain does not have to equal the first line of the first cinquain, but it is an option.