For my college Lit. class we had to write a villanelle poem and this was born out of my inability to find out what it was that would work for it. Please don't be too harsh. I wrote it in less than a hour.
I Look and See
I look around me
The people seem so sad
This is the world I see.
What people are to be.
Which to choose, good or bad?
I look around me.
From the land to the sea.
Everyone can meet a lying cad.
This is the world I see.
From the flower to the bumble bee,
I wish for a world that's glad.
I look around me.
A child smiling in glee.
There's no way it's just a passing fad.
This is the world I see.
Like a tall glass of Sunny-D.
My dreams, as beautiful as a precious lily pad.
I look around me.
This is the world I see.
