The Quiet Things That No one Ever Knows [Villonnet]

You were my favorite mistake, Sweetie, I can admit;
But as they say, every mistake does eventually end,
And you and me? We were falling apart from the start,
So I`ll learn the art of fake smiles and I`ll master it.

At night; even when the dullest stars are held up and lit,
I still think of your beautiful eyes smiling into my heart;
And it kills me thinking that they`ll never see me again -
You were my favorite mistake, Sweetie, I can admit.

And I still sit here looking my best for you, I won`t quit;
Because I know that you`ll come running back one day,
You never meant what you said, you know it kills me,
So I`ll learn the art of fake smiles and I`ll master it.

You were my favorite mistake, Sweetie I can admit;
And you never broke me, no; you just destroyed me,
So I`ll learn the art of fake smile and I`ll master it.

-Jenna Elphick
August 7, 2007

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A Villonnet is a hybrid of the Villanelle and the Sonnet. It has the Iambic Pentameter of both, but holds the four-stanza/line structure of the sonnet, while utilizing the two-line rhyme nature of the villanelle. The final stanza replaces the sonnet couplet with a typical villanelle tercet.