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Villanelle Nr.01 — Beyond My Grasp
The limit sits beyond my grasp
I stand behind an obstacle
and all I have to do is ask
I sweat confronted by this task
it’s way too analytical
the limit sits beyond my grasp
I picture fiends in darkened masks
it’s all apocalyptical
and all I have to do is ask
the answer must lie on my path
all hidden in the mystical
the limit sits beyond my grasp
I take a swig from out my flask
I’m looking for a miracle
and all I have to do is ask
the answer comes, I have to laugh
embrace the paradoxical
the limit sits within my grasp
and all I have to do is ask.
I stand behind an obstacle
and all I have to do is ask
I sweat confronted by this task
it’s way too analytical
the limit sits beyond my grasp
I picture fiends in darkened masks
it’s all apocalyptical
and all I have to do is ask
the answer must lie on my path
all hidden in the mystical
the limit sits beyond my grasp
I take a swig from out my flask
I’m looking for a miracle
and all I have to do is ask
the answer comes, I have to laugh
embrace the paradoxical
the limit sits within my grasp
and all I have to do is ask.
Published 6th Mar 2017
| Edited 6th Mar 2024
Author's Note
Villanelle Nr.02 can be found here:
https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/265927-insomniacs-desperation-a-villanelle/
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https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/265927-insomniacs-desperation-a-villanelle/
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6th Mar 2017 5:41pm
6th Mar 2017 8:38pm
Thanks for your comment. I thought swigging from the flask brought it down to earth a bit from all the orbiting in higher realms.
6th Mar 2017 7:19pm
Time honored poetry scaling the cliffs of great heights of pleasurable reads. Yes!
6th Mar 2017 8:38pm
6th Mar 2017 8:15pm
Well done, Josh. Excellent rhyme, and I particularly love the alliteration in all the "cle/cal" second line endings.
I MUST make myself face this form. I do love tercets (thought not always rhyming), so I might be able to make it work.
I MUST make myself face this form. I do love tercets (thought not always rhyming), so I might be able to make it work.
6th Mar 2017 8:40pm
The last stanza says it all Josh...we turn ourselves inside out and all we had to do was 'ask'...a good reminder...I enjoyed the read, thank you :-)
8th Mar 2017 7:21pm
Thanks for your comment. The poem sprang from feeling I was striving too much at everything, and I really needed to ease back a little (and ask without squeezing for an answer).
7th Mar 2017 00:42am
8th Mar 2017 7:22pm
