Villanelle 4 'When Love Forgets, For Once, To Pass Me By'

When Love forgets, for once, to pass me by, And bats her lashes, smiles, and slows her walk, Then, I’m a baby chick, that wants to fly... Oft, Fortune, not forgetful, makes me ply My patience, when I’d rather jump in... talk... When Love forgets, for once, to pass me by... I weigh desire against the value of pi, This calculus: I run against the flock! Then, I’m a baby chick, that wants to fly... I have no manly grace to guide the eye, I’m graceful as a teenager! I gawk! When Love forgets, for once, to pass me by! I cannot tell, at all, when Love is nigh! Unless She spells it out for me, in chalk! Then, I’m a baby chick, that wants to fly... Then, I meet you, Sun smile against the sky, And all within that Bumbles, fails to balk! When Love forgets, for once, to pass me by, Then, I’m a baby chick, that wants to fly. Date Written: 1/17/2019