Exceptional Childhood fears A child's fear by AlvinTEthington      Contest Winner  Be careful what you say to children

Warning: The author has noted that this contains strong violence. I fear the ancient creatures that reside Below my bed--depraved dark elves, a gnome. The hideous might come to lie beside My soul--within the safety of my home. The sounds I hear at night are not ones of Delight. Horrendous voices are unkind. I hope and pray adored Lord God will love Enough in my embodied soul and mind... Who had the nerve to tell the innocent About malignant ghosts, sprites, dwarves, and trolls? To Satan's lair their children's souls they sent By scaring them about the night bell's tolls. Whilst they do not discern the truth that be I think that they are all a part of me. Contest Winner Recognized Author Notes "be" in the penultimate line is subjunctive. It is grammatically correct with the use of the main verb "discern", although its use is moribund in English. This is an English sonnet--three quatrains and a concluding couplet. The rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg. There is a turn at the ninth line. The concluding couplet should sum up the whole poem.

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