The urge to pull is hard to resist
A strand of hair, a moment of relief
But soon the guilt and shame will persist
The cycle repeats, no end in sight
A hidden disorder, a secret grief
The urge to pull is hard to resist
The scalp, the eyebrows, the eyelashes
The places where the damage is brief
But soon the guilt and shame will persist
The name is trichotillomania
A condition that causes much strife
The urge to pull is hard to resist
The triggers are stress, anxiety, boredom
The coping strategies are few and brief
But soon the guilt and shame will persist
The hope is to find a way to heal
A treatment that works, a support that is rife
The urge to pull is hard to resist
But soon the guilt and shame will persist
The format for this poem is called Terzanelle
A terzanelle combines elements of the villanelle and the terza rima. It has 19 lines, arranged in five tercets and a final quatrain. The first and third lines of the first tercet are repeated as refrains in an alternating pattern throughout the poem.
https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/terzanelle-poetic-form
