To All the Songs I've Sung Before

Once there was a melody, a tune, a voice-
In me the voice of musick now is locked away;
This is to all the songs I've sung before.

This is to all the songs I've sung before.
The sound of musick breathed on me, they say...
From the gift of childhood when I mused with toys.

This is to all the songs I've sung before
On the ship that sunk; I sung, on that lovely bay
But to leave, be left, forget, be forgotten, was my choice.

Once there was a melody, a tune, a voice
And now I cry, I grieve for my lost song each day
As I reminisce how I waved on my Rolls Royce.

This is to all the songs I've sung before.
Bring it back! Bring it back, I remorsefully pray.
Each note flies away, away from me, once a lady of poise.

Once there was a melody, a tune, a voice-
This is to all the songs I've sung before.


(my first VILLANELE)
6:44 pm Feb 6, 2013