Majlis (A Villanelle)
In Tehran, Majlis gather governing
Nightingales do wail from palace gardens
Do we await our fate, or choose reigning?
Who should taste tomorrow? You pursuing!
Seize your reigns before that day will harden
In Tehran, Majlis gather governing.
Dreams ripen along paths we’re preparing
Hardly popping up with “Beg your pardon.”
Do we await our fate, or choose reigning?
Always there be those who’d seize our blessing
If they win, we gave away our starland
In Tehran, Majlis gather governing
I, for one, would choose my story’s ending
Not be a passive beggar on the margin
Do we await our fate, or choose reigning?
So quill in hand, watch your plot thickening
Initiatives you seize be your portion
In Tehran, Majlis gather governing
Do we await our fate, or choose reigning?
© 2017 david w palmer
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