Having a little fun with the villanelle form:
She said, “Never
again
will you be
anything
I need.” To get out of here
is all I can
think of
if she really meant
that thing
she said. “Never!”
Again,
I think of our
love
and there must
be something
I need to get. “Out of here
I can rise
above
like a bird on
a wing,”
she said. Never again
seeing my
little dove?
And to do? There’s nothing
I need to. “Get out of here.”
It’s as if she
gives me a shove
and my heart
can no longer sing.
She said, “Never
again.”
I need to get
out of here.
Tansy Julie Soaring Eagle Paschold
August 16, 2020