A Goodbye Villanelle

I raise to you this full goblet,
And now it's time for resolve.
Embrace the new go forward, forget.

With grace you paid, fulfilled the debt.
From promise—You, I absolve;
I raise to you this full goblet.

It ended-filling me with regret.
I wish it were a little problem to solve.
Embrace the new go forward, forget

I say let it be as if we never met.
A bad romance--accept--it won't evolve.
I raise to you this full goblet.

Many good things will come, don't fret.
The world will still revolve.
Embrace the new go forward, forget.

Our love an orb gone into the sunset
The light in darkness did dissolve.
I raise to you this full goblet.
Embrace the new go forward, forget.

Beautiful Pen

The scream within
my belly dies
As I pick up this Pen
Serenity descends
Over me. Delight!
The large page,
Spacious, white;
Not yet blemished
By black ink
Waits
I am weighted by
The responsibility
A pebble I throw
Into a pond.
I feel the elation
Of creation
I feel powerful
I can choose
Which memory
To cherish or lose
Sandalwood,
Field of clover
André Segovia
Birds singing
Bells ringing
Quickening
Or
Sulfurous Eggs
Sour booze
Screaming
Dead fish
Denied Wish
Abyss

The End