Written in 2007 to the totem-muse Aubergine, this villanelle appeared in his 2007 book As such...
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I stand for you and lay for you as wills your perfect heart,
plucked from the Earth by time and toil to fulfill patient cause.
I beg from you an answer true to my bold suit and part.
For Diamondhearts and passioned priests the truth is as a dart
that pierces deep while mortals sleep to lay the pathway's laws.
I stand for you and lay for you as wills your perfect heart,
I knew your soul had struck a toll when witnessed from the start:
A dutied beauty in the stone ripped out by careless claws.
I beg from you an answer true to my bold suit and part.
I bleed out love to wash away the stains life would impart
and purify the petty lies the fools would curse as flaws.
I stand for you and lay for you as wills your perfect heart,
The waves will roar and tides may ebb but I shall stand apart
from sounding seas and soul's disease that would give others pause:
I beg from you an answer true to my bold suit and part.
I am not here for a fraction less than what fulfills my art,
and your kiss matters more to me than any crowd's applause.
I stand for you and lay for you as wills your perfect heart,
I beg from you an answer true to my bold suit and part.
William F. DeVault. all rights reserved.
Written in 2007 to the totem-muse Aubergine, this villanelle appeared in his 2007 book As such...