The Four Seasons

The Four Seasons… It was spring and I was young when I had wine. I was singing and dancing and doing fine. The wine was so divine, made my blossoms glow. The spring is for the youth, makes everything shine. Summer came and I was older, full of joy. I was in love, and love taught me to enjoy. I was flying, kissing, dancing having fun. Didn't know that the end is there to destroy. The autumn was yellow, tired, full of pain. My garden was there but flowers lived in vain. The nightingales departed, my youth as well. I could not see the way, clouds were crying rain. Now is winter and winter promises cold. I am there but alone, with no one to hold. The garden is barren, empty, no more youth. The only thing is there, is me that is old. 10/24/18 Haloo This poem is in the form of "Rubaiyat", it is the plural form of Rubai. Rubai is a quatrain with rhyming of AABA. Each Rubai is a book by itself, it starts and ends within the quatrain, but when it's in a form of Rubaiyat, it follows the single theme with the same meter throughout. Poetrysoup has a good explanation of this format.