Villanelle

Once a young maid took a lover
Handsome man full of charm
They lay under the cover.

To her house he'd come over
They would walk arm in arm
Once a young maid took a lover

In sunshine, on top of green clover,
Innocent, meaning no harm,
They lay under the cover.

Hours spent bodies to discover
Barn haystack on the farm
Once a young maid took a lover

They, neither one a pushover
No conscience sound of alarm
They lay under the cover

Time spent, youth not to recover, but
Keeping forever the memory so warm,
Once a young maid took a lover
They lay under the cover.

by jackie