By The Lake (Kyrielle)

For every teardrop I expose
is a memory I compose,
suffering daily from heart break
graves grow deeper by the lake.

Spirits follow each step taken
leaving me numb and quite shaken,
each word written, becomes an ache
graves grow deeper by the lake.

Within my dreams they kill me slow
lurking in shadows of Moons glow,
these burdens of mine, will not shake
graves grow deeper by the lake.

My slumber rapes the death of me
upon the witching hour of three,
nightmares stir a sorrowful wake
graves grow deeper by the lake.

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A Kyrielle is a French form of rhyming poetry written in quatrains (a stanza consisting of 4 lines), and each quatrain contains a repeating line or phrase as a refrain (usually appearing as the last line of each stanza). Each line within the poem consists of only eight syllables. There is no limit to the amount of stanzas a Kyrielle may have, but three is considered the accepted minimum.

Some popular rhyming schemes for a Kyrielle are: aabB, ccbB, ddbB, with B being the repeated line, or abaB, cbcB, dbdB.

Mixing up the rhyme scheme is possible for an unusual pattern of: axaZ, bxbZ, cxcZ, dxdZ, etc. with Z being the repeated line.

The rhyme pattern is completely up to the poet.