Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Watch where you are going...(a feeble attempt at a villanelle)


Maybe I slipped on a banana peel;
all of my missteps I must retrace.
But when I fell, I learned how to feel.


My heart was no longer made of steel;
rather a thick liquid in a shiny, new vase.
Maybe I slipped on a banana peel.


Shattered now, unsure of what's real;
picking up the pieces to put in their place.
But when I fell, I learned how to feel.


Time hasn't done much to help me heal;
which fragments should I forever encase?
Maybe I stepped on a banana peel.


On the ground there was no chance to reveal;
the idea of love made me forget to brace.
Maybe I stepped on a banana peel.
But when I fell, I learned how to feel.