Power of Its Stay

(villanelle)
formule poésie érotique 6/30

Your visage in relief delights my play.
My eyes are caught in loving’s wistful gaze,
The smile that gains the power of its stay.

How softened lips bring life to words display,
The look that only love can full appraise.
Your visage in relief delights my play.

For how we bend the night in disarray,
The covering of moon, thrown wide, assays
The smile that gains the power of its stay.

Our rites to drive you mad with want’s delay,
That claims with rage’s fire, your full ablaze.
Your visage in relief delights my play.

In movements, lift and fall, you seek dismay,
The urgent cycle strikes to your amaze,
The smile that gains the power of its stay.

With ancient tongues, the final rush convey,
In cries of love, now wrested from delays.
Your visage in relief delights my play,
The smile that gains the power of its stay.