#villanelle #poetry #french

When life gets too much, I sit and I read;
It is a way to escape into another world,
To immerse myself in a different creed.

Fantasy creates witches another breed,
Fairies and elves people a dream world,
When life gets too much, I sit and I read.

I inhabit other characters, ride a steed,
Fight a war, with my banner unfurled;
To immerse myself in a different creed.

Imagination let loose will be decreed
With no limit even in the netherworld,
When life gets too much, I sit and I read. 

Anarchy, crime, each historical deed
Real or imagined, a dark underworld,
To immerse myself in a different creed.

I thank my mum for teaching me to read
Opening up a sacred, spiritual world.
When life gets too much, I sit and I read;
To immerse myself in a different creed.

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