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A Villanelle

By Sarah CampbellPublished about a month ago 1 min read
The Reality.

Push to ride through pain all day

Despite concrete feedings and bloody rewards

Fever rush demands life lived this way

Endless repetition provides therapeutic ends

While the fight for inches in sixteenths awards the

Push to ride through pain all day

Paradox of empty-headed caution in the mix of

Trading off social securities, as time must needs

Fever rush demands life lived this way

No option to exit commitment seldom

Seen given the requisite sacrifices, inherent punishments

Push to ride through pain all day

Victories unmatched and misunderstood

Despite inclement obstacles, physical deformity

Fever rush demands life lived this way

The art of innovative physics chose me

In wake of trauma delay, I made it, albeit late

Push to ride through pain all day

Fever rush demands life lived this way

Villanelle

About the Creator

Sarah Campbell

Creating is a necessary compulsion for humans, and I am a compulsive. Not sharing is not an option. Paradox and irony inherent. Pleased to read you :)

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