Minute Poem

Since she's gone, my heart is pining.
Stars are shining,
Moon is burning,
dawn is coming.

I sit alone on the terrace.
look out, there is
a flock of birds.
Mind's full of words.

Poetry mends the broken heart, 
when love departs,
I write a piece,
my heart's at peace. 

© M. Jay Dixit, September heart-to-hearts, 2022 All Rights Reserved

Posted over at dverse

Prompt

To write a minute poem. The elements of the Minute Poem are:

1. narrative poetry.
2. a 12 line poem made up of 3 quatrains. (3 of 4-line stanzas)
3. syllabic, 8-4-4-4   8-4-4-4   8-4-4-4 (First line has 8 syllables of each stanza.  Remaining lines has 4 syllables in each stanza)
4. rhymed, rhyme scheme of aabb ccdd eeff.
5. description of a finished event (preferably something done is 60 seconds).
6. is best suited to light verse, likely humorous, whimsical or semi-serious.

I am not very happy with this poem, I think it could’ve been better but nothing else was coming to my mind so I had to post it.

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~Jay