Nostalgia

A Kyrielle Sonnet poem for Day 6 of the Fall 2010 Rhythm & Rhyme Poetry Challenge

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Leave the cares of the day behind,
Sit with me, love, perhaps we'll find,
Time to wax nostalgic instead,
Let's cast a hopeful glance ahead.

Pictures of the past guard our booth,
They speak to us of age and youth.
Fear not; they praise the life we've led,
Let's cast a hopeful glance ahead.

My body's aging, yet I'm fine,
My spirit is spry for you're mine.
Stay by my side and please don't dread,
Let's cast a hopeful glance ahead.

Leave the cares of the day behind,
Let's cast a hopeful glance ahead.

Author Note:  A Kyrielle Sonnet consists of 14 lines (three rhyming quatrain stanzas and  a non-rhyming couplet).  The Kyrielle Sonnet also has a repeating line or phrase as a refrain (usually appearing as the last line of each stanza).  Each line within the Kyrielle Sonnet consists of eight syllables.  A good rhyming scheme for a Kyrielle Sonnet would be:

AabB, ccbB, ddbB, AB