lost & found

Villanelle - Creative Writing Period 1

The sun shines brighter since you’ve been around,
for every tear, ten smiles, fears a million miles away.
The lost beat to my heart, I’ve finally found.

It skips a beat, flutters a bit and finds the sound
of your voice at the end of these long days
when the sun shines brighter ‘cause you’ve been around.

You unearthed it, buried deep in the ground;
underground, out of sight, hazy and gray,
that lost beat to my heart, you’ve finally found.

Vision blurred, head hurt, on the verge yet down
you pulled me out of harm’s way, a safe place to stay
in, I swear the sun’s brighter since you’ve been around.

We’re out at sea now. Everyone thinks we’ll drown
in the waves and waters of love, oh - but they
don’t know the lost beat to my heart that you’ve finally found.

I can barely remember the times where I wound
Right and left, inside out, upside down in a maze –
but these days, the sun shines since you’ve been around.
You’re the beat to my heart, lost but now found.