Nipped in the bud

In my heart, your treachery I hold dear.
Be candid, unbosom yourself to me.
Do confess to me what I want to hear.

I holler that I hate you, can you hear?
My lips blue with your venom, can you see?
In my heart, your treachery I hold dear.

Your mask is revealed, I flinch back in fear.
Bewitched by that coquette you gladly flee.
Do confess to me what I want to hear.

Your letters of beguiling love, I tear.
Cheating my parents, you shatter their plea.
In my heart, your treachery I hold dear.

A fool I am, falling for your veneer.
You turn my dreams colorless, awfully.
Do confess to me what I want to hear.

At my innocent love, you scoff and sneer.
The rose of my love nipped, fills you with glee.
In my heart, your treachery I hold dear.
Do confess to me what I want to hear.

Form: Villanelle

Villanelle
A Villanelle is a nineteen-line poem consisting of a very specific rhyming scheme:
aba aba aba aba aba abaa.

The first and the third lines in the first stanza are repeated in alternating order throughout the
poem, and appear together in the last couplet (last two lines).

Syllable scheme: 10 per line.