Brittany's Villanelle: You

Up until the day that I met you,

I never knew that love really existed;

could never fathom emotions so true.

I was content with a barely beating heart

(it had been battered and twisted)

before the day that I met you.

You swore nothing would tear us apart

and yet still, I insisted

that only fairy tales keep emotions so true.

So I hid my love in the dark,

I pulled back and I wished that

It could be the day before I met you.

A million volts awakened me with a start,

You opened your arms, my defenses resisted!

I fell head first into a love pure and true.

You are the keeper of my heart,

the reason that I’ve existed.

I am forever in debt to the day I met you,
for the emotions we have, so true.