Silent Sorrow

Folder: 
2008 Poetry





A rose lays silent on the keys,

as I kneel here upon my knees.

The years kept you in my prayers,

as time spiraled down the stairs.



Soulful sorrow will never ease.






Author's Notes/Comments: 


Quintella


This is a Spanish form of five 8 syllable (Iambic Tetrameter) lines.
The rhyming scheme can vary in presentation ie: a.a.b.b.a  or  a.b.b.a.a.
etc but only two consecutive lines may have the same rhyme scheme.

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