This is my first and only attempt at a villanelle. Be nice!


To God I would kneel.


If I was on an even keel,
My hands have been bound,
To God I would kneel.

This broken heart will heal,
World would stop spinning 'round
If I was on an even keel.

If I could only feel,
I have gone to ground,
To God I would kneel.

Would you stoop to steal?
Must I always make this sound?
If I was on an even keel.

I've gotten a raw deal,
Bandage this bloody wound,
To God I would kneel.

From this blow I reel,
Gift to me from a hound,
If I was on an even keel
To God I would kneel.


February 5, 2009

© Anne Westlund




Poetry by Anne Westlund
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Written on 2009-02-06 at 04:46

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