I seized wonder when I was a child
and wonder seized me
finding Idlewild

Feelings reconciled
reminisce with glee
I seized wonder when I was a child

memories of voyages abseiled
into that starry sea
finding Idlewild

strange new worlds, undefiled
a crew sworn to decree
I seized wonder when I was a child

No empath needed; I was beguiled
a universal latchkey
finding Idlewild

Everything else, futile and exiled
with the help of Starfleet
I seized wonder when I was a child
finding Idlewild

Photo by Stefan Cosma on Unsplash

A villanelle is a strict 19-line poetic form built from five three-line stanzas (tercets) and a concluding four-line stanza (quatrain), driven by heavy line repetition and only two rhyming sounds.

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