UP, UP AND AWAY!

                   UP, UP AND AWAY!

We mustn't speak when silence is best.
Words shouldn't be forced when mind is at rest.
Somberly quiet --- no laughing or jest!
It's only a test.  It's only a test...

Words easily come when we've something to say...
The pen flows freely, hard work becomes play.
Like a hot air balloon floats up, up and away,
I've something to say!  I've something to say!

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My first attempt at the Monotetra style, developed by Michael Walker.  Each stanza contains four lines in monorhyme. 

Each line should be in tetrameter (four metrical feet), a total of eight syllables.  My syllable count varies in each line and stanza (1st: 9,10,10,10; 2nd: 11,10,12,10)

The last line contains two metrical feet, repeated.