Summer (villanelle)

Beneath the coolness of the summer rain,
hands entwine in love,
enduring through all the sorrowful pain.

Sometimes life can be a bitter strain,
yet all can be wiped away,
beneath the coolness of the summer rain.

Wash away all the miseries life contains,
holding me close when,
enduring through all the sorrowful pain.

Time floats endlessly in the mindless terrain,
embracing you closely,
beneath the coolness of the summer rain.

Life has more meaning with you in it, Lorraine.
A new adventure waits each day with you beside me all the way,
enduring through all the sorrowful pain.

Continue to hold my hand without disdain,
together forever as one,
beneath the coolness of the summer rain,
enduring through all the sorrowful pain.

Written by: Masked metaphor

Note: This is the first time I have written a Villanelle poem so I would really like to know what you think.

The villanelle has 19 lines, 5 stanzas of three lines and 1 stanza of four lines with two rhymes and two refrains. The 1st, then the 3rd lines alternate as the last lines of stanzas 2,3,and 4, and then stanza 5 (the end) as a couplet. It is usually written in tetrameter (4 feet) or pentameter.