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My Smile Is Only a Mirage

I laugh but I want to cry
My heart is in so much pain
Like I'm about to just die 

I'm not ready to say bye
I need shelter from the rain
I laugh but I want to cry

Please God tell me why
Hurt runs through my veins
Like I'm about to just die

I wish I had you nigh 
I'm about to go insane 
I laugh but I want to cry 

You were a amazing guy
Why did you have to get slain
I laugh but I want to cry 
Like I'm about to just die 


Alexis Y.
08-15-16

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).

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Frances Schiavina Date: 12/26/2018 9:28:00 AM Cry and you cry alone! Even a phony smile returns a smile. Great poem. Login to Reply

Freddie Robinson Jr. Date: 10/30/2016 3:01:00 AM Very heart wrenching, yet tenderly expressed. As the great Stevie Wonder said: you brought joy inside my pain. Wonderfully penned, aimed straight for the heart. Very piercing poem. Love always, Alexis. RW Login to Reply

Vladislav Raven Date: 8/17/2016 10:29:00 AM Hi Alexis, i do like the villanelle form and you have used it to fantastic effect in this sad write. The content of this write is wonderful. We feel the emotions deep inside as we read down the page. Such a gentle flow down the page Alexis. This is so well written. Now i am sure there is a beauty in sadness and you have created it here. BRAVO! This Villanelle sings into the heart. Hugs....Mike. XX This has to be a seven and a fave. Login to Reply

Lynn Marie Date: 8/16/2016 3:20:00 PM So tragic, your words full of sadness and beautifully penned. Full of emotion, this is exceptional writing. blessings, lynn p.s. I really appreciate your notes on the fine points of Villanelle..thank you :-) Login to Reply Lynn Marie Date: 8/17/2016 2:35:00 AM best for talent like you :-)...I am deep in the forest about the "aba, aba"etc., :-) :-) Alexis Y. Date: 8/16/2016 4:39:00 PM Hi Lynn Marie, Thank you so much for such a kind review. I look forward to you writing a Villanelle:-)Alexis

Demetrios Trifiatis Date: 8/16/2016 5:33:00 AM Well done my friend! The writing superb the message clear dear, Alexis! Login to Reply Alexis Y. Date: 8/16/2016 4:41:00 PM Hi Demetrios, Thank you so much my friend:-) Alexis

Supraja Kannan Date: 8/16/2016 4:49:00 AM A deep write...nicely done... Login to Reply Alexis Y. Date: 8/16/2016 4:43:00 PM Hi Supraja, Thank you so much. I appreciate that you stopped by:-) Alexis

Just James Date: 8/15/2016 2:40:00 PM Well done! Login to Reply Alexis Y. Date: 8/16/2016 4:47:00 PM Hi James, Thank you very much. I appreciate that you stopped by:-) Alexis