Johnny Sumler Poet Villanelle

The Long Road To Ruin

Take not the road of ruin that is long
Walk on the gold and rivers of the Nile
With every breath praise life into your song

For darkness weeps and often comes along
Resting with wolves to greet you by the mile
Take not the road of ruin that is long

Simmer with senn and sage some soothe of strong
The weak divide their frown before they smile
With every breath praise life into your song

For life is but a path of right and wrong
Where we court life and death along the aisle 
Take not the road of ruin that is long

Listen and learn and lay concrete lifelong 
While taking steps tender upon the tile
With every breath praise life into your song

Become beauty and bliss where you belong
As errors tempt the trail you take by trial
Take not the road of ruin that is long
With every breath praise life into your song


First Person Villanelle
L Milton Hankins 
08-04-2022

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Unseeking Seeker August 4, 2022 at 10:13 AM Beautiful and meaningful poem, well written indeed, enjoyed Johnny Sumler August 4, 2022 at 10:57 AM Rarely get a chance to be on the Soup but was thankful to come across your villanelle while writing mine. Didn't know they have a V contest. Good luck on your beautiful V