Revenged

By: Alexandrite Posted on: August 25, 2007

Note: A villanelle consists of five tercets and a four-line envoy. It operates
on two rhymes in the pattern (A1)b(A2) ab(A1) ab(A2) ab(A1) ab(A2) ab(A1)(A2),
where (A1) and (A2) also rhyme with each other and repeat throughout the poem.

_Verses scribbled in crude charcoal on a scrap of dirt-smeared parchment, deep
within the Temple of Vengeance:_

Revenged
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To wreak a sacred Vengeance is my aim.
Upon Keresis' eb'ny snake and crow,
I give myself to Blackrock's purple flame.

A trip to Maya's halls goes to the Dame
Of honour that includes backstabbing blows;
To wreak a sacred Vengeance is my aim

At she who plays a double-sided game
While falling in my Lady's realm. And so
I give myself to Blackrock's purple flame

And pray for favored blessing just the same
As fire bathes me with a violet glow;
To wreak a sacred Vengeance is my aim.

On tainted Iv'ry Mark I'll lay the blame
For sweet revenge against a mighty foe.
I give myself to Blackrock's purple flame

So that I might invoke my Mother's name,
In drawing forth a sword of suffered woe;
To wreak a sacred Vengeance is my aim.
I give myself to Blackrock's purple flame.