He Doesn't Even Know (Ottava Rima)

Title:He Doesn't Even Know
Style: Ottava Rima
Author: Kristi H.

I look into the eyes,
That empty into lakes,
Which seem to run dry,
Attempting to escape.
I see how he makes my,
Fragile, small, heart break.
I stare and watch him laugh,
As the seconds seem to pass.

He makes me want to cry,
As bitter jealousy hates;
I used to wonder why,
The world invented fate.
The minutes tick on by,
As a best friend wakes today.
But I stand near the grass,
As my world walks past.

It seems this moment's right,
To get to school today.
We must get to class on time,
Without a moment's waste.
The thoughts within my mind,
Are circling out of place.
I let this moment last,
As time with him goes fast.

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The Ottava Rima stanza in English consists of eight iambic lines, usually iambic pentameters. Each stanza consists of three rhymes following the rhyme scheme a-b-a-b-a-b-c-c.