Dancing

Dancing

Wrapped in your arms I dance the night away
The music plays and lifts us to the stars,
Wrapped in your arms I dance the night away
Led by the rhythm of the soft guitars.
I feel your tenderness in every touch
The music plays and lifts us to the stars.
My darling, as I need your love so much
To lead me through the crazy dance of days,
I feel your tenderness in every touch
You guide me gently as the music plays.
I know, deep in my heart, you’re always near
To lead me through the crazy dance of days,
Of course, my love, your body is not here;
I can’t believe it’s two years since you died.
I know deep in my heart you’re always near.

I twirl through empty rooms, the lonely bride,
Wrapped in your arms I dance the night away.
I can’t believe it’s two years since you died,
Wrapped in your arms I dance the night away.



Created for day seven of the "Rhythm & Rhyme Poetry Challenge"  challenge.

A terzanelle is a 19-line poem, with the rhyme scheme ABA, bCB, cDC, dED, eFE, fAFA, where the same letters mean the lines rhyme with each other, and capital letters mean the whole line is repeated.

The form is flexible and the final stanza can be f FAA. Also, sometimes the first tercet can be aBA. There is no set length or meter for the individual lines, but each line should have a similar length and rhythm.

For more information about, and examples of, the terzanelle form, see http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/terzanelle.html