Dizain - Lazy Afternoon

This is a form of Decastitch that was originally French and initially was made up of eight syllable lines, but later a variation of ten syllable lines was also used. When it became popular in England, it was often set in iambic pentameter, but there is no set meter. The rhyme scheme is: a.b.a.b.b.c.c.d.c.d.

"Lazy Afternoon"

Alone I sit beneath the sunshine bright
With eyes safely hidden behind closed lids.
No buzzing, busy thoughts my mind do plight
Nor regrets of passed mistakes I once did
And simple jokes to myself I do kid.
For today is one for light happenings
That do not bother nor cause dark grievings.
It is one for pondering and slumber.
So we may think of easier passings
When later we do happen to blunder.