The Villanelle

A villanelle I’ll try to write
Apparently they’re tough to get, but
I hope I finish for tonight

The form itself is pretty tight
A quatrain after five tercets, but
A villanelle I’ll try to write

It’s the first one that I’ve ever tried
It will be, I’m sure, one to forget, but
I hope I finish for tonight

I’ve got a reason and some rhyme
And not long before I go to bed, but
A villanelle I’ll try to write

Can’t spend all day – I don’t have time
I’ll worry I won’t finish, I bet, but?
I hope I’ll finish for tonight

So here I go, I am all set
I hope it’s not something to forget
A villanelle I’ll try to write
I hope I finish for tonight