Job sat in the ashes and wept While satan ripped open his life And he wondered if the Father slept Job sat in the ashes and wept While it seemed that all joy had died Job sat in the ashes and wept But he held to his faith through the lies Job sat in the ashes and wept Even wifey said curse God and die Just cruel words from his friends inept Job sat in the ashes and wept In time, god’s promises were kept Though we even now wonder why Job sat in the ashes and wept And often we echo his cries
A Triolet is a poetic form consisting of only 8 lines. Within a Triolet, the 1st, 4th, and 7th lines repeat, and the 2nd and 8th lines do as well. The rhyme scheme is simple: ABaAabAB, capital letters representing the repeated lines.