Day 7-- Villanelle (pattern of rhyme scheme and line repetition. In “a” and “b”, the rhyme is repeated. In A1 and A2, the entire line is repeated. A1 b A2, abA1, abA2, abA1, abA2, abA1A2.)
Reason and laws can our actions constrain
subdue, chastise, cleanse with holy fire
But this intensity of pain they cannot restrain.
A public “you”, you then have to feign
a schizophrenic split between facade and desire
Reason and laws can our actions constrain.
This walking the tightrope to stay sane
implies a discipline one must acquire
But this intensity of pain they cannot restrain.
Sometimes, you may nearly break from the strain
of the inherent duality causing agonising seizures
Reason and laws can our actions constrain.
They feel that with time, passion will wane
become sober, sedate, burn itself on the pyre
But this intensity of pain they cannot restrain.
Refrain itself has become my refrain
Repeated again, over and over
Reason and laws can our actions constrain
But this intensity of pain they cannot restrain.
1 comment:
"Reason and laws can actions constrain": good line!
"Refrain itself has become my refrain". If I had one line to suggest a villanelle to the reader, it would probably be something like that one.
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