Shadows on the Moon

Will the winds of time blow shadows across your face? (Triolet)

Shadows on the Moon

Across the moon the shadows race,
dim silhouettes of days gone by.
As I reach out to grasp a trace,
across the moon the shadows race,
they blur the features of your face.
Though my heart breaks, I cannot cry.
Across the moon the shadows race,
dim silhouettes of days gone by.



Form: Triolet:

* 8 lines.
* Two rhymes.
* 5 of the 8 lines are repeated or refrain lines.
* First line repeats at the 4th and 7th lines.
* Second line repeats at the 8th line.
* Rhyme scheme (where an upper-case letter indicates the appearance of an identical line, while a lower-case letter indicates a rhyme with each line designated by the same lower-case or upper-case letter):

A
B
a - Rhymes with 1st line.
A - Identical to 1st line.
a - Rhymes with 1st line.
b - Rhymes with 2nd line.
A - Identical to 1st line.
B - Identical to 2nd line.