I sat upon a Villanelle

I sat upon a Villanelle,
by choice quite naturally,
and I began to sing:

that "love's blue bonnets seem to swell
out from my heart, when you I see."
I sat upon a Villanelle,

to harness words which I could tell
'bout love so eloquently,
and I began to sing:

"The day I met you I could tell
you were the one for me."
I sat upon a Villanelle,

to speak words my heart couldn't spell,
to set my heart's song free,
and I began to sing:

"Into your eyes I quickly fell,
this aching love must be decreed
by this one way that I could tell:
I sat upon a Villanelle,
and I began to sing."

(C)2008, Christos Rigakos