Villanelle to a Shared Yearning
Hiraeth: nostalgia tinged with sadness over loss and a yearning for a place that may never have been
Nostalgia yearns for places never found,We search in hope, with joy, and trusting sighs;Hiraeth is ours, both souls are homeward bound.The hollow echoes with a birdlike sound,A song is heard, it crests and gently dies;Nostalgia yearns for places never found.We found a love that shared a common groundWhere both of us had suffered burns from lies;Hiraeth is ours, both souls are homeward bound.A gentle touch said all my hope...