Katherine Braithwaite Poet Villanelle

Do Not Judge Yourself

Why  feel   our life  examined,  and then failed?
Evidence may show this is no fact
To me .alas, I live beyond the Pale

I’d like to  go outside with my  face veiled
I’d like to be regarded with  great tact
Why feel  my life examined and  then failed?

My inner  life is holy but curtailed
As if I have survived a dreadful wreck
To me .alas, it feels  absurdly  real

To be without a father hurts  the child
A sense of shame descends and kills respect
Who should  be  examined and then failed?

I did no damage nor  did I run wild
I do not feel like One of the Elect
To me  my life ran ragged,  then derailed

O Father, where are you,  oh who would pick
To  take our family life and you evict?
Why  feel  one’s  life  examined and then failed?
To me .alas, it feels   like a true tale

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