“I love you for all that you are, all that you have been and all that you will be”

I love you for all that you are

All that you have been and will be

With you my life is full of glee

Always you are my rock star

Together we write our memoir

Face the challenge we both agree

I love you for all that you are

All that you have been and will be

Thinking of the sea as “la mar”

Going to places and our spree

And having our nice cup of tea

Travel everywhere with our car

I love you for all that you are

(c) ladyleemanila 2023

*Rondel

Through the years we have clung to each other

Through thick and thin, in good times and bad times

As flower blooms, love spreads for each other

Not rosy all the time, we fight sometimes

Then after some time we try to make peace

We say never a grudge before bedtime

Faded photographs of Turkey and Greece

Walking around and swimming in the sea

And hunting for some antiques in Caprice

At night we drink a bottle of Chablis

Listen to the drumming of Ringo Starr

Life should be fun and that we both agree

We both like Brian May and his guitar

Topped by some musicals and opera

While drinking some champagne and caviar

We also prefer wine over vodka

I like to read romance and he reads crimes

When we’re in Sao Tome we use dobra

Not perfect but experience are all ours

In the sky above with the moon and stars

Through the years we have clung to each other

As flower blooms, love spreads for each other*

(c) ladyleemanila 2023

*The Lauranelle, created by Laura Lamarca, is a hybrid (variation) of both the Villanelle and the Terzanelle forms. The poem is 22 lines in length opposed to the 19-line length of the aforementioned classical forms. Lines MUST be 10 syllables in length and also MUST be in iambic pentameter.

Rhyme scheme is as follows: aba bcb cdc ded efe fbf ggA(1)A(2)

For: https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/2023/01/29/wordle-590/, https://alwayswrite.blog/2023/01/25/wq-4-envelop-or-envelope/