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SANCTUARY OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES
(a villanelle)
[font=Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Grande]Long on the pilgrim’s road becoming lost,
This wayward soul a sanctuary crave.
You bring your healing waters without cost.
My life with every step did hope exhaust,
With every path, precedings to the grave.
Long on the pilgrim’s road becoming lost.
The visions sought have left believings crossed,
The love and hope of you my soul’s faith save.
You bring your healing waters without cost.
With water from your deep pools, body glossed,
In true release my offerings I gave.
Long on the pilgrim’s road becoming lost.
To you, my body in your grottoes tossed,
Did I both bow and rise, with your praise rave.
You bring your healing waters without cost.
It’s in these caves, like holy flowers blossed,
You wash away my worldly lusts’ deprave.
Long on the pilgrim’s road becoming lost,
You bring your healing waters without cost.
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[font=Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Grande]Long on the pilgrim’s road becoming lost,
This wayward soul a sanctuary crave.
You bring your healing waters without cost.
My life with every step did hope exhaust,
With every path, precedings to the grave.
Long on the pilgrim’s road becoming lost.
The visions sought have left believings crossed,
The love and hope of you my soul’s faith save.
You bring your healing waters without cost.
With water from your deep pools, body glossed,
In true release my offerings I gave.
Long on the pilgrim’s road becoming lost.
To you, my body in your grottoes tossed,
Did I both bow and rise, with your praise rave.
You bring your healing waters without cost.
It’s in these caves, like holy flowers blossed,
You wash away my worldly lusts’ deprave.
Long on the pilgrim’s road becoming lost,
You bring your healing waters without cost.
*
Published 9th Dec 2016
| Edited 13th Dec 2016
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9th Dec 2016 4:55pm
a villanelle is a tricky thing to pull off, and i would say that this is quite a fine and lovely effort. well done my friend
10th Dec 2016 3:57pm
I thank you deeply... At one point I hated the fact that I need forms in which to write my thoughts... I have now embraced them...
geoff
geoff
9th Dec 2016 10:33pm
My SweetOblivion - I cannot express how much this means to me... For you understand and appreciate the poetic formulas. It touches my heart that you see and appreciate my craft...
geoff
geoff
11th Dec 2016 9:14pm
Gosh Tomcat, this line keeps pulling me in most of all. I just love it, AND the entire villanelle:
"To you, my body in your grottoes tossed"
RL bound
~jadey
"To you, my body in your grottoes tossed"
RL bound
~jadey
13th Dec 2016 2:22pm
I loved writing this - I am beginning to accept that craft and love of words, and my home in more traditional poetry is where I belong - my happy place... For apparently, I have a voice that sounds in echoes of more of poetry past and that's fine by me..
thy tommy - jadey ever in mine heart!
thy tommy - jadey ever in mine heart!
2nd Jan 2017 5:06am
