Eyes Across The Room

The first thing that I knew of you

Was your laugh across the station

Hearty, real, full of animation

I wanted to hear you speak, too.

I know what you say is true

We promised clear communication

And equal relationship participation

As others so seldom do

We promised our hearts, no pressure applied,

We promised our dreams, ambition and hope,

We promised our burdens, shared and thus lighter.

Through joy and tears, at each other's side,

Gentle and kind, a living romance trope,

Together with you, the future is brighter.

The style of this poem, for anyone who cares or is vaguely interested, is an Italian Sonnet.

Sonnets have a number of variations, mostly by country (French, English, Italian, Spanish...) but generally consist of two sets of lines. The first is 8 lines, Italian Sonnets going a-b-b-a, a-b-b-a, followed by a set of six, in this case going c-d-e-c-d-e. The other popular variations for the Italian variation are c-d-c-d-c-d and c-d-c-d-e-e.

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