I Don't Want to Be in Love (Quatern)

If it will only break my heart
Than love and I should simply part.
I have no need for sleepless nights
Or blackened sheets that once were white.

We should end this before it starts
If it will only break my heart.
Don't want letters I'll simply burn
Or have feelings that aren't returned.

The pictures left in broken frames
Will just remind me of his games.
If it will only break my heart
Than we should both stay far apart.

No, I don't want to be in love.
I need not someone to think of.
I shall not pray for cupid's dart
If it will only break my heart.

A Quatern is a sixteen line French form composed of four quatrains. It is similar to the Kyrielle
and the Retourne. It has a refrain that is in a different place in each quatrain. The first line of
stanza one is the second line of stanza two, third line of stanza three, and fourth line of stanza
four. A quatern has eight syllables per line. It does not have to be iambic or follow a set rhyme
scheme.