The Truth

As
night falls,
murky dreams
of a wrecked wench
disrupt my peaceful
slumber and I wake up
hearing the shrieks of a girl.
Catching the glimpse of a shadow
I follow it and see a gory
gal with her red eyes glowering at me.
Transfixed I mumble, pleading her not to
kill me and let me go when a hoarse,
raspy voice stops me and reveals
a secret of betrayal
by a man whom she loved.
Startled, I look at
my husband with
disbelief
and I
cry.

Form: Double Etheree

The poetry form, Etheree, consists of 10 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 syllables.
Etheree can also be reversed and written 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Get creative and write an Etheree with more than one verse,
but follow suit with an inverted syllable count.

Reversed Etheree: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Double Etheree: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10, 9, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

...Triple Etheree, Quadruple Etheree, and so on!

From: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/etheree.html