A teardrop from a woman's eye,
contains a magic so immense,
to shake the stars out from the sky.
A man may unceasingly try
yet fail to match one as intense--
a teardrop from a woman's eye.
It matters not if truth or lie,
once one among the men is sensed
it shakes the stars out from the sky,
and men will rage forth low or high
to save the damsel from distress.
A teardrop from a woman's eye,
which can be conjured with a lie,
un-twines sinews of muscled men,
and shakes the stars out from the sky.
Her greatest weapon is to cry
and warriors will jump the fence.
A teardrop from a woman's eye
can shake the stars out from the sky.
(C)2008, Christos Rigakos
Oct 16, 2012
Oct 16, 2012 at 10:18 AM UTC
A teardrop from a woman's eye,
contains a magic so immense,
to shake the stars out from the sky.
A man may unceasingly try
yet fail to match one as intense--
a teardrop from a woman's eye.
It matters not if truth or lie,
once one among the men is sensed
it shakes the stars out from the sky,
and men will rage forth low or high
to save the damsel from distress.
A teardrop from a woman's eye,
which can be conjured with a lie,
un-twines sinews of muscled men,
and shakes the stars out from the sky.
Her greatest weapon is to cry
and warriors will jump the fence.
A teardrop from a woman's eye
can shake the stars out from the sky.
(C)2008, Christos Rigakos
Villanelle
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