Fingertip Dreams

Love always somehow beyond reach,
cold fingers stretched to nothingness;
once lonely soul it couldn't bless
and a torn heart it couldn't teach.

Life taught strife
it often brought,
paved pain in painted
lines & tainted words
remained unheard in
dishonesty divine.

Whence hope brought love, to me caress
and silence lost returned to speech,
bright future shone, to call - beseech
in essence gain freedom, possess.

Unity taught new
shades of light
from faded past
of pain's despair
& nightmares dissolved
to dreams' delight.

cuando las puntas de los dedos tocan suavemente su cara
para banarse en la belleza de su abrazo.

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My new form, a "La'libertas", Latin for "liberty":

Stanza 1 - rhyme scheme ABBA, 8 syllables per line.
Stanza 2 - Free verse, 6 lines ONLY
Stanza 3 - Rhyme scheme BAAB, 8 syllables per line.
Stanza 4 - Free verse, 6 lines ONLY
Couplet - Italian (Any language acceptable)