I
pass through many stages,
right
from birth to ripening ages,
turning
one by one life’s pages,
stimulating
memories forward and behind.
As
I sift the sands of time,
sadness,
happiness, hatred, love fill my eyes,
a
few words hurt and a few sound wise,
like
oceanic tides they rise,
I
discard painful emotions, take the ones that rhyme.
The
wind settles,
calm
in my heart I find,
serenity
invades mind,
I remember his gestures so kind,
life
is all about contentment and rolling blissful pebbles.
Envelope
Quintet (Italian)
is a 5 line verse in which the center lines are enclosed by the rhyme of the
outer lines.Rhyme scheme: abbba or abcba or aabaa