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Meditation Revisited
Breathe deep, feel yourself dissolve into peace
Fill your lungs with air, let the healing grow
Settle into now, silence your mouthpiece
Feel your pulse slowing, heart pressure decrease
Allow you to be, unclench the ego
Breathe deep, feel yourself dissolve into peace
Don’t fight the tempo, throw out the timepiece
Inhale the moment, the turbulent flow
Settle into now, silence your mouthpiece
We are to suffer, until we decease
Exhale the poison; gift to the willow
Breathe deep, feel yourself dissolve into peace
Do you ruminate? Just breathe and release
What was staccato, now leveled tempo
Settle into now, silence your mouthpiece
Imagine oneness with null masterpiece
Soft summer current born from undertow
Breathe deep, feel yourself dissolve into peace
Settle into now, silence your mouthpiece.
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This poetic form is called a villanelle.
Hephaestus’ Waste & Cosmic Rubble 
You just worked the mess outta this villanelle! Such a calming flow to it. Very nice poetic flow, Barry.
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Thank you, trE, though sometimes it felt like the villanelle was working ME instead. 😉
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I have much disdain for villanelles. Lol. I understand.
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You have nailed the villanelle form…so so difficult to master.
I like this meditation exercise poem. I’m breathing deep and dissolving into sleep:)
Hope you choose NapoWriMo prompt for day 24. Medieval illustrated porn done by wicked French monks. ROFL
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Thank you. Unfortunately the day 24 prompt isn’t grabbing at my muse. I don’t feel a connection with it, so I’ll probably pass.
I honestly don’t know what I’ll write about tonight. I’ll have to retreat to my quiet spaces and see what happens. 🙂
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fantastic barry. really worked this. or it worked you. its best when that happens. the rhythm and flow in this are just incredible, and match the intention and feeling of it. just superb!
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