The 99 Poem Challenge
Fox-Trot-9

78. Duo-Rhyme — The End of Love

This life is but a fleeting spell
That ends upon the tolling knell
   Of fading tremors in the air,
   Of life still gathering somewhere
   Upon this fruitless world so bare
   Of everything that once was fair,
   Of clinging hopes against despair,
   Of every vow that we forswear
   Over our lovers everywhere,
   Of love upon the wounds of care.
Such is the life we live so well
To make a heaven out of hell.

(To be continued...)

A/N: The Duo-rhyme, created by Mary L. Ports, is a 10 or 12-line poem, with the first two and last two lines having the same rhyme scheme, and the center of the poem (lines #3 through #8 or #10) having their own separate monorhyme scheme.

Meter: Iambic tetrameter
Rhyme: aabbbbbbaa or aabbbbbbbbaa