Challenge #19: The Dark

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Fluffy

The Demon King ~ He/They
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It varies. I can't promise much consistency due to my chaotic life.
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  1. Intermediate
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Preferred Character Gender
  1. Male
  2. Female
  3. Nonbinary
  4. Transgender
  5. Primarily Prefer Male
Genres
Horror, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Superpowers, Drama. Also, romance is required with me because I will get bored without it.
The Dark​

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This is a theme that can go in a number of ways. I'm more referring to being in darkness itself, though. Like a room with the lights out, or a cloudy evening that makes it difficult to see the moon and stars. Spend a few minutes thinking on how you feel about the dark. Does it scare you? Inspire you? Do you think it's beautiful, or dull? Or perhaps it's like home to you? Maybe you're indifferent?

I am also going to suggest a specific form for us to practice with. It's called a Tyburn. This is a 6 lined poem with quite the syllable pattern: 2, 2, 2, 2, 9, 9. According to my source, the first four lines are meant to be descriptions that lead up to the last two lines, which must rhyme. I will provide some examples that can illustrate better than I can explain:

Death, by Mike McCann

Blackest
Darkest
Coldest
Oldest
Burning in the Blackest, Darkest night
There in lives the Coldest, Oldest fright

Diana, by Diana Dalton

Willful
wistful
playful
peaceful
she can have a willful wistful day
yet she has a peaceful playful way
 
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Obscurity

Unsure
Obscure
Allure
Impure
Feeling unsure; the dark is obscure
The spell of allure seems so impure
 
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Hair

sprawling
crawling
falling
calling
so it goes, your precious crown of cloud,
flock of ravens, wild and ever proud
 
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The Usurper

Steel,
Ordeal,
Zeal,
Kneel
The ring of steel, exciting ordeal,
a sudden zeal, the end, all must kneel.

I don't think this is very good, but hey, I gave it a shot.
 
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Fear

Pitch black,
terror,
fleeing,
hiding,
Around every corner and each bend,
Your worst nightmare is hiding again.

Eh. That'll do.
 
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Fight or Flight

Fleeing,
Falling,
Facing,
Fighting.
Failed stumbles turn me around,
For I must face where my fears abound.
 
Making
Baking
Tasting
Testing
It's never simple making baking
You're always tasting always testing.
 
I'm small
you're not
you're full
I'm blind
What have I to defend myself here,
where monsters seem to linger so near?
 
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