Softly ~ in my dreams (Kyrielle)

Softly ~ in my dreams…

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Days turn to pain I cannot show,
nights into ever-endless streams.
Reaching to find I’m lonely; though,
I’ll hold you Softly ~ in my dreams.
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My days, now empty without you,
to nights, no peace will come, it seems;
your touch I ache the long night through,
I’ll hold you Softly ~ in my dreams.
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Where’s gone your shelter for my storm,
what of love spent … in lifetime schemes,
when all turns cold, who’ll keep me warm?
I’ll hold you Softly ~ in my dreams.
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Who’ll grasp the beauty of my mind;
then, thrill my body to extremes,
or take my hand when I am blind?
I’ll hold you Softly ~ in my dreams.
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When scared, no one to hold me tight.
Oh, I shall know what life redeems …
when all else dims, you’ll be my light.
I’ll hold you Softly ~ in my dreams.
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Richard W. Jenkins
©2025

                                 Kyrielle                               

The Kyrielle is a French form written in Quatrain verses.
Each Quatrain contains a repeated final line or phrase as a refrain.
There is no limit to the number of verses, but three is the required minimum.
Normal rhyme structure is a/a/b/B, c/c/b/B, d/d/b/B, etc; with B being the refrain line.
Alternate structure is a/b/a/B, c/b/c/B, d/b/d/B, etc; with B being the refrain or repeated line.
Mine is in iambic meter, composed of eight syllables (4 feet) per line, but line length is author’s choice.