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What is this strange place we find ourselves in Enmeshed by desires, mind battles we wage We’re trapped in the open, yet free within Solitude calms not deafening thought din Toroidal storms of fears and desires rage What is this strange place we find ourselves in Inescapable seems the pull of sin Conscience cautions us to turn a new page We’re trapped in the open, yet free within Though we know not the way, God search begin Intuiting the world to be a stage What is this strange place we find ourselves in Cave of heart beckons, so we go therein Beholding our soul made in God’s image We’re trapped in the open, yet free within Baptised by Spirit, bliss throbs on our skin We’re free at last in this mind-body cage What is this strange place we find ourselves in We’re trapped in the open, yet free within 23-February-2022

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Date: 2/23/2022 5:44:00 AM
Brilliant thoughts, US, in a tough form:)
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Date: 2/23/2022 5:59:00 AM
Thank you, Jo! The villanelle is a mildly challenging form but the really tough one is Rondeau Redouble

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