Monochromes and Metronomes

Wrote my first Villanelle for AP Literature. Here it is!

I see the world in monochrome.

I feel the world in devotion.

I hear the world in metronome.

One color put to use in and out of home

to keep the norm and cause no commotion.

I see the world in monochrome.

A metrical tick tick, unfree to roam

from the synchronized, fixed pulse and motion.

I hear the world in metronome.

Varying the hues, unafraid of the single color home

base; each tint, tone, and shade is a brand new notion.

I see the world in monochrome.

Staccatos and legatos played - resonating within the dome

with crescendo and diminuendo - orderly, yet filled with emotion.

I hear the world in metronome.

In one, continuous, permanent sight and sound tomb,

are variations unknown and new found depth set in motion.

And I still see the world in monochrome.

And I still hear the world in metronome.