A Breath in the Eyes of Eternity [Villonnet]

Tears lined your sweet eyes as you looked over at me,
And you softly sighed as you took my hand and said:
"This is where I want to be forever, here with only you,
Nothing but time and our beating hearts; not a worry."

Looking into your eyes my breath shook so solemnly,
As I tripped over the words flooding inside of my mind,
And I couldn't think of the right ones to say to you; but -
Tears lined your sweet eyes as you looked over at me.

Trying to catch myself; I took a breath in the eyes of eternity,
Counting the stars in your eyes; as you held me close,
And we sat on the edge of the city from dusk until dawn -
Nothing but time and our beating hearts; not a worry.

Tears lined your sweet eyes as you looked over at me,
And I held all of my dreams up to the golden stars with you -
Nothing but time and our beating hearts; not a worry.

-Jenna Elphick
July 16, 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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