Painted Leaves. [La`Tuin]

Painted leaves danced softly in his eyes,
As he stood still, looking at me,
With a twinkle in his eye he turned,
Getting down on one knee, he sighed:

"Babe, forgive me for being a bit shy,"
And rain fell, like Heaven's debris,
But for the question, I softly yearned,
On that late night, last year July.

Holding my hand, he began to cry,
"With you is where I want to be,"
The passion in my eyes softly burned,
As he looked to me and asked why -

I smiled so sweet through his lullabies -
Looking down, I whispered softly,
"All of my life, I've stumbled and spurned,
Searching up and down for the guy -

To spend my life with, so to be wise,
I stand before you, and you see,
That i get it, my lesson is learned,"
And on my cheek, a blue tear dried.

Painted leaves danced softly in his eyes,
As he stood still, looking at me,
With a twinkle in his eye he turned,
Getting down on one knee, he sighed.

-Jenna Elphick
April 30, 2007.

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La`Tuin consists of 4-line stanzas with an
'abca, abca' rhyme scheme that is consistent throughout each stanza. Stanzas 2, 3 etc. must
all follow the same rhyme sounds as the first stanza. With the first stanza being repeated again
at the end of the piece. It contains a minimum of 4 stanzas, with no maximum length limit. A strict syllable count of 9/8/9/8 is required per stanza.

In-Depth Explanation of rhyme:

Lines 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16 etc., all rhyme - this is the A rhyme.
Lines 2, 6, 10, 14 etc, all rhyme - this is the B rhyme.
Lines 3, 7, 11, 15 etc, all rhyme - this is the C rhyme.

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