Hold Me Tight [Terzanelle]

Hold me tight Baby and don't you let go now,
We've come too far; I'm not turning my back,
Hold me tight Baby and don't you let go now.

I'll wait forever for your walls of pride to crack -
If that's what it takes to save us; I'll do it for you,
We've come too far; I'm not turning my back.

Take a deep breath; look into my baby blue's,
Know that I'm willing to throw it all away -
If that's what it takes to save us; I'll do it for you.

I know things have changed; you don't know what to say,
So listen closely to the words that I speak;
Know that I'm willing to throw it all away.

And as you sleep; I'll rest a hand onto your cheek,
You can do as you wish; but please believe in me,
So listen closely to the words that I speak.

My heart is holding onto you; I want you to see,
Hold me tight Baby and don't you let go now,
You can do as you wish; but please believe in me,
Hold me tight Baby and don't you let go now.

-Jenna Elphick
June 19, 2007

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The Terzanelle is a poetry type which is a combination of the villanelle and the terza rima forms. It is a 19-line poem consisting of five interlocking triplets/tercets plus a concluding quatrain in which the first and third lines of the first triplet appear as refrains. The middle line of each triplet is repeated, reappearing as the last line of the succeeding triplet with the exception of the center line of the next-to-the-last stanza which appears in the quatrain.

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