A Race to the Bottom

Rondel
A French form consisting of 13 lines: two quatrains and a quintet, rhyming as follows:
ABba abAB abbaA. The capital letters are the refrains, or repeats.

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A Race to the Bottom

By Indelibleink


Just as the stream shall always flow downhill,
my life mirrors this same rate of decline.
Like the cork left off a bottle of wine,
no longer with purpose, a void to fill.

The love of my life let her feelings spill,
and, as of now, she is no longer mine.
Just as the stream shall always flow downhill,
my life mirrors this same rate of decline.

I pray to God to please invoke His will,
and to make what was, once again be fine.
Try as I might, tonight alone I dine,
My dreams but a trickle, for she's gone still.
Just as the stream shall always flow downhill.

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