Newfound Insecurity

Uncertain times open new doors Revealing hope in the distance Will anything come in all this Questions I ask in each instance Revealing hope in the distance On the horizon not close yet Will the journey be very long A question that inspires regret Will anything come in all this With time comes a certain doubt But the hope hasn’t died today One day surely we will find out Questions I ask in each instance Seeing things in new light today A belief that I must now cling to Love isn’t a game that we play By Wayland Bunch II 8/24/13 This fits the form of the quatrain but is actually a Retourne. Another one of these French forms that I like. Similar to the quatern in that each line is 8 syllables and is composed of four stanzas. After the first stanza the first line of the second stanza is the second line of the first stanza repeated, the first line of the third stanza is the third line of the first stanza, repeated, and finally the first line of the fourth stanza is the fourth line of the first stanza. There is no restriction on rhyme, but that's no fun, that's technically why I can call this a quatrain. So the form would be S1L1 S1L2 S1L3 S1L4 S2L1 is S1L2 repeated S2L2 S2L3 S2L4 S3L1 is S1L3 repeated S3L2 S3L3 S3L4 S4L1 is S1L4 repeated S4L2 S4L3 S4L4 No rhyme scheme required, just remember all lines are eight syllables