Side By Side, Heart To Heart - Sestina

(Scroll down to understand the type of poem before you read, or you won't understand the structure. Very important!)

This poem is something i've extremely proud of. as it took so so long to do. So enjoy...

Xx Side By Side, Heart To Heart - Sestina xX

A beautiful maiden standing beneath the night
sky. Smiling softly at her one true love.
The one to which her heart belongs.
Something precious and true is taking place
as their eyes meet across the dew speckled foliage. It's time
to seal forever and always with a kiss.

So many things can be said with a mere delicate kiss.
They are silhouetted by the shimmering stars of the night
that twinkle in unison. Keeping in time
with the melody of love.
The enchanting requiem of such a magical place
where these powerful, wondrous emotions belong.

It's not difficult to tell these two souls belong
together as one. You can see the sparks, the devotion, as they kiss,
feel the passion in the soft breeze, as the exchange takes place.
In the safe and peaceful haven that the night
provides. It's the exchange of their love
that will last until the end of time.

The maiden smiled, a slow sweet smile, reminding him of the time
he first saw her face, when he realised his heart belongs
with hers. That he was made to love
and cherish her and only her. It was proved to him when a kiss
was placed on his lips, on the first night
they spent together. In this same enchanting place.

One year later, they returned hand in hand, side by side, heart to heart to this place
where dreams come true. Where they kissed for the first time.
They exchanged their vows under the deep blue and black night
sky, stars twinkling above. Two hearts that belong
together, two souls combined, made official with a sweet kiss,
symbolising true love.

Night comes to an end as dawn breaks blessing where love
belongs, where it was born in such a majestic and beautiful place.
Time holds no boundaries when a love like this is sealed with a kiss.

*Gem*

Copyright©GemmaStott2007

Sestina - is a strict ordered form of poetry, dating back to twelfth century French troubadours. It
consists of six six-line (sestets) stanzas followed by a three-line envoy. Rather than use a rhyme
scheme, the six ending words of the first stanza are repeated as the ending words of the other five
stanzas in a set pattern. The envoy uses two of the ending words per line, again in a set pattern.

First stanza, ..1 ..2 ..3 ..4 ..5 ..6
Second stanza, ..6 ..1 ..5 .. 2 ..4 ..3
Third stanza, ..3 ..6 ..4 ..1 ..2 ..5
Fourth stanza, ..5 ..3 ..2 ..6 ..1 ..4
Fifth stanza, ..4 ..5 ..1 ..3 ..6 ..2
Sixth stanza, ..2 ..4 ..6 ..5 ..3 ..1

Concluding tercet:
beginning of first line ..2, end of first line ..5
beginning of second line ..4, end of second line..3
beginning of third line ..6, end of third line ..1