These Days Are Gold

by kiwisteveh

Today you smiled and held my hand -
these days are gold.
Beside the sea, on silken sand
we slowly strolled.
The waves, sun-speckled, danced to shore;
oh, who could ever wish for more?
Such simple joys are wealth untold.
These days are gold.

And now - it's hard to understand -
as night grows cold,
you wander in some foreign land,
you rave and scold.
Come back, my love, don't leave me here!
Upon my cheek a lonely tear
belies the words I must uphold,
'These days are gold.'

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The Octogram is an attractive form created by FanStorian Sally Yocom. I don't believe I have ever written one before....

There are two stanzas, each with a syllable count of 8 4 8 4 8 8 8 4

The rhyme scheme is aBabccB ababddB where the capital B stands for the repeated line.

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