A Fighting Spirit

I must be bold and brave. By not being stuck in yesterday. And just dance on a wave. Look fear in the eye is what I crave, By letting courage have it's say. I must be bold and brave. I long to come out of insecurities cave. Being victorious is the only way. And just dance on a wave. I want to be free before my grave. Conquer my past before I start to gray. I must be bold and brave. Farewell "fear" I'm done being your slave. Be a warrior come what may. And just dance on a wave. You took my self worth, but never gave. A fighting spirit is what I now pray. I must be bold and brave. And just dance on a wave. 7-8-16 Villanelle A Villanelle is a nineteen-line poem consisting of a very specific rhyming scheme: aba aba aba aba aba abaa. The first and the third lines in the first stanza are repeated in alternating order throughout the poem, and appear together in the last couplet (last two lines). Third Place