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Colourless Villanelle
May 6, 2015
Could you never hear my cry,
Will you help me learn to feel ,
Run away to watch me die.
Fall unto sleep as I lie,
Know thy pain all too real,
Could you never hear my cry.
The air in which spirits fly,
All thy wounds shall never heal,
Run away to watch me die.
Simple as a suicide,
For God we will never kneel,
Could you never hear my cry.
Color lost from seeing eyes,
Fruitless life what’s worth to steal,
Run away to watch me die.
Beating heart for hope will pry,
This life is not ideal,
Could you never hear my cry?
Run away to watch me die.
© Allison F., Menlo Park, CA
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This format is a Villanelle which is quite difficult to make while also pouring all your emotions into it. The schemes make it hard to use words that correctly imply what you want them to, otherwise you have to fit words in but not get full effect. I re wrote this piece plenty of times until it expressed what I needed it to.