The Maze

a villanelle, in which the rhyme scheme is ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA. This is my first ever working villanelle because for the first time, it is the correct way to write one.

He is the never ending maze I want to love endlessly.

He is the book I want to read.

The love I’ve searched for secretly.

I watch him breathlessly.

Thinking how the dancing ends without heed.

The road I want to pursue oh so painfully.

I go on about my days uselessly.

But there is a book I wanna read.

I think of you and pick up your maze of a book and die in it delightfully.

I love you madly.

When we meet I shall plant you my seed like many other women before me so take heed.

I love you truly.

I breathe your scent heavily.

Your lips are like the purest mead.

I shall never treat you cruelly.

As I waltz into your maze silently

As I plant the maze of my seed

With my love I shall leave you easily.

And I shall love you steadfastly.