Too Often, by S. Nager
Walk away. Walk away. Alone. Apart
Be dismissed, discarded, a second thought.
Now hide every piece of your broken heart
Love fractures, splits, by an uncaring dart
Shattered pieces, a broken soul is taut
Walk away. Walk away. Alone. Apart.
With love’s ending comes a yearn to depart
Disregarded love that never was sought
Now hide every piece of your broken heart
Each time, within your grasp, a fresh new start
Drifted, drifted, gone, even though you fought
Walk away. Walk away. Alone. Apart.
What was conceived more emotion not smart
Gave of yourself love could not be caught
Now hide every piece of your broken heart
Dreams of fidelity, hopes to restart
All dashed and ignored from a life so fraught,
Walk away. Walk away. Alone. Apart.
Now hide every piece of your broken heart
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Author’s Note:
I used the poetic form of a Villanelle for the above poem. This is my first attempt as this was new, to me. Dylan Thomas’s “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” is a prime example of this poetic style. It is a 19 line poem with 5 Tercets (3 lines) that follow an ABA rhyme pattern, and one Quatrain (4 lines) to end the poem. Its rhyme pattern is ABAA. The last two lines of the Quatrain are the Refrain (which I crafted first) and they are used in the 2nd to 5th Tercet, intermittently. Thomas use of the 10 syllables per line harks to Elizabethan/Shakespearian Sonnets.
This was a bit challenging at first. I’m glad I tried it. I’ll probably do more, as I did with Sonnets over the years.
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