Remembering With Smiles

a charonnet II smiled when I thought of my aunt. Smooth as velvet, Aunt Anne spoke silk. She was my secret confidant; her kind heart was cream atop milk. We both were born in the same year why mom died at my birth – unclear. Two girls grew up at Anne’s mother’s with five guys, uncles and brothers. When I thought of my aunt, I smiled Aunt Anne spoke silk, smooth as velvet. My confidant she was - hush-hush. Cream atop milk, her heart was kind. With five boys we hit, spit and bit; Lone sisters ruled; two souls were knit. September 9, 2020 Charles Messina's contest: Charonnet Poetry Contest Starting line: "I smiled when..." rhyme scheme (ABAB, CCDD, EFGH, II) 8 syllables in each line, no more or less. This is a form Charles Messina created. In the last "stanza" NOT the couplet. You must re-arrange the words in lines AB & AB in the first stanza. *See my example in my latest poem "Ninety-Nine Years" In addition, you can only use (8) syllables in each line, no more or less.