Listen: into each life the rains must come.
Death waits for all. Do you not hear
the soft, incessant beating of the drum?
Make something of your time. Not a simulacrum
of conspicuous consumption but a truth to revere.
Listen. Into each life the rains must come
to sprout the seed. May we become
essential as we age – distilled, austere.
The soft, incessant beating of the drum
a call to heart, to action. Returning to some
source of strength, we see: the stories are here.
Listen into each life. The rains must come
and go again, and so shall we. Struck dumb
by death? Perhaps, and yet it is sincere,
this soft, incessant beating. The drum
may stop, but echoes shake the sphere
if you’ve lived well. So do not fear
the soft, incessant beating of the drum.
Listen: into each life the rains must come.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
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5 comments:
So much honesty here...I noticed there were some similiarities of how we should not waste our time before we die..hmmm...some sychronicity. Tell your dad, that I loved the lighthouse! Thanks for your comment too.
I think the villanelle form worked very well for this -- it's a lesson worth repeating; and it reads naturally, which is the toughest part.
Sasha,
Bravo, this is fabulous...you've really found the villanelle groove.
I really like the way you change punctuation to get the most out of the same words!
Kudos!!!
rel
Whem somethings need to be reinforced, villanelles work great. This one has taken that task very well.
it reads so beautifully the reader can almost forget its a villanelle. Well written!
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