I used to call you with a familiar name
But the sound doesn't know you anymore
You came and still bewitched me in my dream
The angered sky glimmered and then gleamed
Then the roaring thunder came like warning
As the inevitable darkness sealed the seams
I used to know you with a familiar name
One with piercing eyes and fragile smiles
Only to grow old and lost your name
In my mind I came back to lay my claim
Would you remember the transient feeling?
You came and still bewitched me in my dream
Like Adam and Eve, bound to fall to shame
I cried to the Gods and wished me back
When I used to call you with a familiar name
You followed the current running downstream
As I hope that we'd meet again someday
Only to grow old and forget your name
Yet you still came, bewitched me in my dream
-L. M. Paragas
Villanelle
But the sound doesn't know you anymore
You came and still bewitched me in my dream
The angered sky glimmered and then gleamed
Then the roaring thunder came like warning
As the inevitable darkness sealed the seams
I used to know you with a familiar name
One with piercing eyes and fragile smiles
Only to grow old and lost your name
In my mind I came back to lay my claim
Would you remember the transient feeling?
You came and still bewitched me in my dream
Like Adam and Eve, bound to fall to shame
I cried to the Gods and wished me back
When I used to call you with a familiar name
You followed the current running downstream
As I hope that we'd meet again someday
Only to grow old and forget your name
Yet you still came, bewitched me in my dream
-L. M. Paragas
Villanelle