Life's book

Letters flip out of the pages.
Tossed by the winds twigs scatter here.
Wrinkles of the old book unfurls ,
An age primed by negligience.

From the white leaves of the life's book,
Letters flip out of the pages.
Old age now romps with complete win.
Youth, spring now totally deceased.

The once fountain named Life now springs.
From the calloused , dampened life's book.
Letters flip out of the pages.
Dried sprigs now gather, collect here.

In the battle of life youth dies.
For a loving rapport heart cries.
From the encumbered , old ages.
Letters flip out of the pages.



Prompt: Image
Form: Quatern
A Quatern is a sixteen line French form composed of four quatrains. It is similar to the Kyrielle and the Retourne. It has a refrain that is in a different place in each quatrain. The first line of stanza one is the second line of stanza two, third line of stanza three, and fourth line of stanza four. A quatern has eight syllables per line. It does not have to be iambic or follow a set rhyme scheme.