He stalks his prey with debonair and grace
A charming smile conceals his twisted mind
He lures them in with promises of lace
And then he strikes with cruelty unkind
He leaves behind a trail of blood and gore
He thinks he is the master of his fate
A charming smile conceals his twisted mind
But deep inside he knows he is a fraud
He hates himself for being so unkind
He blames his victims for his life so flawed
He tries to fill the void with violence
But nothing can appease his restless soul
He lures them in with promises of lace
He plays the part of lover and of friend
He makes them feel they have a special place
And then he breaks their hearts and makes them end
He takes delight in their despair and pain
He thinks he is the lover of his fate
And then he strikes with cruelty unkind
He shows no mercy and no empathy
He cuts and stabs and slashes till they find
The horror of his true identity
He laughs and mocks their pleas and cries for help
He thinks he is the judge of his fate
He leaves behind a trail of blood and gore
He does not care about the consequences
He thinks he is above the law and more
He does not fear the justice or the senses
He moves from town to town without a trace
He thinks he is the maker of his fate
He thinks he is the master of his fate
But fate has other plans for him in store
A hunter comes to end his reign of hate
A victim who survived his wrath before
She tracks him down and faces him at last
She makes him pay for all his sins of past
The format for this poem is called a Trenta-Sei.
American poet John Ciardi invented the Trenta-Sei poetry form in the 20th century. It is a 36-line poem (trenta-sei means 36 in Italian), that comprises six sestets (six-line stanzas) with a rhyme scheme of ababcc. The first stanza sets up the refrains for the rest of the poem, as each line of the first stanza becomes the first line of one of the following stanzas, in order. The first line of each stanza is the same as the first line of the next stanza, and so on..
https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/trenta-sei-poetic-forms
