Villanelle No 2
Through this character is learnt:
By loneliness and challenge
In the silence of the desert.
Only in solitude do trials impart
Permanent lessons, not in a village.
Through this character is learnt:
Necessity is taught by thirst.
Life is worthy at the canyon ridge
In the silence of the desert.
It's learnt by listening to a calm heart
Not by the horror of war's carnage.
Through this character is learnt:
Knowing Adam prevailed when cursed.
Humility became his wage
In the silence of the desert.
Your strengths matter here first.
Worldly views become abridged.
Through this, character is learnt
In the silence of the desert.
Copyright © Amy Michelle Mosier | Year Posted 2023
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