My Cracked Heart [Kyrielle Sonnet]

A glazed reflection stares at me;
With horrid stories for all to see,
And bright blue eyes are fading out,
Filling my cracked heart with doubt.

I used to be young and so carefree,
'Till they went and taught me mediocrity;
The meaning of life, what it was about -
Filling my cracked heart with doubt.

A milky smile broken down with lies,
From forgotten stories in my blue eyes,
And they sugarcoat the truth without -
Filling my cracked heart with doubt.

A glazed reflection stares at me,
Filling my cracked heart with doubt.

-Jenna Elphick
July 3, 2007

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A Kyrielle Sonnet consists of 14 lines (three rhyming quatrain stanzas and a non-rhyming couplet).
Just like the traditional Kyrielle poem, the Kyrielle Sonnet also has a repeating line or phrase as a
refrain (usually appearing as the last line of each stanza).

Rhyme scheme:

AabB, ccbB, ddbB, AB -or- AbaB, cbcB, dbdB, AB.