Where Once A Beauty (Trijan Refrain)

Where once a beauty did reside
A barren path remains
Frozen fast as love denied
Infused with sad refrains
Upon the brink of cold abyss
Consumed by visions of your kiss
Upon the brink
Upon the brink
Faint echoes of the love I miss

Where once a beauty did reside
Wind carries lonely cries
In darkness I am forced to hide
Turn everything inside
I long for you to rescue me
Embrace this heart and set me free
I long for you
I long for you
Restore the love that used to be

Where once a beauty did reside
Cold fingers tighten fast
With all the bitter tears I've cried
I'm sentenced to the past
Time drifts away, leaves me behind
You turned away, the void assigned
Time drifts away
Time drifts away
In icy tomb I am enshrined

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/gravercindy/Members%20Challenge/frozen.jpg

written for Cindy and Illuminatix's picture challenge

Trijan Refrain: three 9 line stanzas...line one repeats as the first line of all 3 stanzas...

the first 4 syllables of line 5 are repeated as the double refrain for lines 7 and 8

rhyme scheme: ababccddc
meter:8/6/8/6/8/8/4/4/8