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This is re-written villanelle of mine with quite a few changes. |
| Critical feedback welcomed, and also any positive thoughts! Mai Obsession for the Stranger Your reality dilates: you are everything As the pupil in my mind’s eye, you breed new grief For I am unknown, a silent witness, nothing. A scavenger, I scrutinise the words you sing Collecting them as jewels to shine, there’s no relief Your reality dilates: you are everything. In shadows my silhouette is ever changing, An ethereal body is lingeringly brief So I am unknown, a silent witness, nothing. Morsels of you gestate indulgence though they sting, Those succulent details rip holes like flesh on a reef Your reality dilates: you are everything. Your name, a sour tingle, a circular ring Around my brain breeds septic rage and disbelief That I am unknown, a silent witness, nothing. I crave your tongue and mouth like a flowering Bud though it would poison my blood- an Ivy leaf. My fantasy dilates: You are everything, And I am unknown, a silent witness. Nothing. |