I’m not sure if it is completely ‘right’ as it is done to a very structured strict pattern that has to be followed (see the bottom bit with the colour code) but here is my first attempt at a Sestina.

 

Time (my first ever attempt at a Sestina)

 

What we had at the beginning was Memory

Living and forming with dawning Hopes

In ever changing dynamic Dreams

Back when there was always more Time

Almost with an unreachable intangible Future

Where we were always connected Together

 

For as long as allowed we stood Together

Creating conflicts which fade within Memory

Consciously choosing a happier Future

And bending all of our compromised Hopes

With the inevitable start of losing Time

But a small part holds onto the Dreams

 

Slipping further and living in bright Dreams

Some plans fall apart whilst others come Together

And the world speeds up into ever lessening Time

Where situations become frozen stills of Memory

But in amongst the chaos lives our Hopes

And what was once a concept is now a real Future

 

Then it is here – the Future

Time for thoughts to be real or remain Dreams

A decision on the validity of certain Hopes

And older travellers cannot always remain Together

Holding onto only a distinct Memory

As we push forward at the mercy of Time

 

A paradox of too much and too little Time

Crushes out the frustrated Future

The most valuable treasure becomes Memory

Yet we rely and delve further into Dreams

Wishing to reunite and be Together

Praying there is something beyond Hopes

 

The tighter we hold onto our Hopes

The more it unravels in Time

Although in the end we are Together

It is in an unpredicted Future

In a new land formed from Dreams

Locked deep within an archive of Memory

 

All of our Hopes fold into a collective Memory

And Time becomes as translucent as Dreams

Everything is reformed Together in a natural Future