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Lightning Won't Matter

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Lightning won't matter
To the man who'll doubt
The idea of true love at first sight:

Because lightning won't matter
To the man who'll not part
In haste, the entirety of his heart.

Because lightning won't matter
To the man who'll listen
For the lady who speaks when her soul glistens.

Because lightning won't matter
To the man who'll caress
A body he knows will never perish.

Because lightning won't matter
To the man who'll ingest
Her serene and pure, mind-soothing breath.

The view of a lady
Cannot change his mind,
Because lightning won't matter
To the man who is blind.
October 19, 2010
Christopher Michael Speciale

They say love hits you like lightning.
What if you can't see? How do you find love?
The blind man knows...

It's not really a villanelle. I thought that if it were a real villanelle then it would ruin the ending in some way (cause I couldn't think of any other way to write it.) So it's in the right stanza-form, just not the right line-form (if that makes any sense). :XD: Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it! :heart:

For Critique: This deviation is just another one of my romantic bits, I write a lot of those. But this one, I feel particularly accomplished of because of... *sigh* I can never really explain why. I guess it's b/c of the way I wrote it--it's different than how I write a lot of my poetry. Anyway, what I'm asking for in a critique is if it actually brings about any emotions in you, any at all, and how powerful the poem forces them out.

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© 2010 Christopher Michael Speciale
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ladysparra's avatar
You're a very inspiring writer. I really love your work; each piece has a true voice of its own. Please don't give up writing, it would be such a waste of your amazing way with words. :#1: