Attribution: Nekneeraj
Image: Relentlessly watching (here)
To focus direct attention on you
To hear the echo softly bleed
All the niceties I can well read
In adoration clearly in view
The one eye is all that I need
Memories I recollect for a lead
Wonderful reminiscences none so few
To hear the echo softly bleed
Passing cars relent slowing speed
Letting we the lovers to pass through
The one eye is all that I need
Gone days when we used to meet
Holding hands a Fraulein and her beau
To hear the echo softly bleed
If only we can now together sit
To drown the sorrows and the blues
The one eye is all that I need
To hear the echo softly bleed
Nekneeraj's at MLMM's - photo challenge #293
A villanelle for Merril at d'Verse's Poetics - echo echo
One eyed focus can sure be all one needs indeed for some.
ReplyDeleteNice repeating lines about hearing the echo with an eye to understand it.
ReplyDeleteI like the repetition of this, Hank. The one eye and echo that bleeds are intriguing images.
ReplyDeleteMemories can echo, and we can "hear" them in many ways. Nice repetition here, too, to form a sort of echo.
ReplyDeleteI love the villanelle.. a great work in this one, and this echo we always carry with us.
ReplyDeleteHank, I see you decided to try a villanelle. You did a great job. I miss seeing you around. I hope you are well.
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