Villanelle V

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To breathe is to imagine; not to see,

Still tethered to one side the safety rail,

For ambition is but too brash of me,


The unbreathed word discloses fear with glee

Across the brain towards the labeled trail:

To breathe is to imagine; not to see,


Before my time they were defined and free

The pictures of a thousand futures sale,

For ambition is but too brash of me,


These ventures that will ne'er be mine I flee

The ill-advised sad tyranny I fail,

To breathe is to imagine; not to see,


I story view from over shoulder lee

The willingness sound to wind chimes avail

For ambition is but too brash of me,


My own unfiltered envy says foresee,

Much superficial; pioneer of sail,

To breathe is to imagine; not to see,

For ambition is but too brash of me.

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