My inaugural villanelle!
Wildflowers by the side of the barren road
In a lonesome forgotten place of their own
Sky their roof and earth their one abode.
Wilting besides the road in pain they live
Eyes glisten in bag of skin and bones
Wildflowers by the side of the barren road.
Waving in clusters the dusty breeze they breathe
Mad and merry they live in twilight zone
Sky their roof and earth their one abode.
Reds and greens and blues their motley dress
In harlequin posies they gaily stand alone
Wildflowers by the side of the barren road.
Their fecund mother of many pregnancies
Gathers her clan of so many Jacks and Joans
Sky their roof and earth their one abode
For bread they lack for water must they whine
Yet they cannot melt our hearts of stone
Wildflowers by the side of the barren road
Sky their roof and earth their one abode.
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(c) Amrita Valan 2014
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