Why?--John Polselli--United States

Why?

(a villanelle)

I saw my lover’s face within the sky

Last night when evening swept the sun away.

I asked her silently one question: Why?

For was not youth so luminous and spry

Upon her countenance just yesterday?

I saw my lover’s face within the sky,

Through tears reflecting clouds that drifted by;

And while I gazed up toward the Milky Way,

I asked her silently once question: Why?

Yes, why did death’s dark doorway multiply

The grief the sad earth daily does display?

I saw my lover’s face within the sky,

And prior to my bidding her goodbye—

Her comeliness commencing its decay,

I asked her silently one question: Why?

But never was I granted a reply:

I only watched her fade with coming day.

I saw my lover’s face within the sky

I asked her silently one question: Why?

John Polselli’s poetry has been published in many literary journals and is the recipient of several Editor’s Choice Awards. As a poet, John enjoys composing in all traditional forms including free verse as well as inventing his own.