In honor of my Dad’s historic career and recent retirement (and also to make up for that last post which was kind of sad) I’m going to share with you the villanelle I wrote for him:
The lion is no less powerful for a roar unspoken
The agéd simba surveys all he sought
His head unbowed and body unbroken
The pride in his mighty heart is woken
Looking over the lands for which he’s fought
The lion is no less powerful for a roar unspoken
He sees the love in his cubs’ eyes never forsaken
All the alliances that he has wrought
His head unbowed and body unbroken
The love they carry is his life’s token
The joy he has in them is his only thought
The lion is no less powerful for a roar unspoken
With a final roar that leaves all awestricken
This great king runs into legend from all he’s begot
His head unbowed and body unbroken
Knowing his legacy will never darken
He takes an exit that he’s chosen and bought
The lion is no less powerful for a roar unspoken
His head unbowed and body unbroken
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