The Villanellist vigilantly sings

The Villanellist vigilantly sings
in tones both sharp and flat, all night, all day,
of all the things life vigilantly brings.

On soft imagination's feathered wings
these songs of life, which flitter far away,
the Villanellist vigilantly sings.

Of Death bell's knells and wedding rings,
of celebrations, fights spilled from the fray,
of all the things life vigilantly brings,

the Villanellist often soothes or stings,
with very many rhyming words to say,
the Villanellist vigilantly sings.

Like threaded pearls hung lightly on soft strings,
the Villanellist's rosary will pray
of all the things life vigilantly brings.

With strictly structured meter that he brings,
retold refrains of rhyming things to say,
the Villanellist vigilantly sings
of all the things life vigilantly brings.

(C)2008, Christos Rigakos