A Silhouette In The Sailor's Sky. [Villonnet]

Our bodies were silhouetted against the sailor's sky,
A touch of your hand to my cheek, your breath on my neck,
"Take my hand and never let go, we will make it; I swear."
You whispered softly and turned to look me in the eye -

I caught a glimpse of fear in you, tilted my head to cry;
"Entwine your fingers in mine, that's where they belong."
My naive heart trembled to the sound of your words -
Our bodies were silhouetted against the sailor's sky.

Your breath danced in the air as you sang me a lullaby,
And as a crystal tear shattered on the grass, you smiled -
"I promise you baby, everything will be okay."
You whispered softly and turned to look me in the eye.

Our bodies were silhouetted against the sailor's sky,
"You are mine and I am yours, forever" -
You whispered softly and turned to look me in the eye.

-Jenna.Elphick
March 5, 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.

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