Alankar(Decor)-119 Poem by Indira Renganathan

Long I Have Lived..(Pirouette)

The Pirouette is:
a decastich, a poem in 10 lines.
syllabic,6 syllable per line.
L5 is repeated in L6.
rhymed or unrhymed at the discretion of the poet.

Long I Have Lived

Long I have lived this life
And I know what it is
Love and hate, woe and joy
Waxing, waning in turns
Just as the moon above

Just as the moon above
Scaling life's ups and downs
Helpless, hopeless we are
But do we hate the moon
Suchlike is life, just love