FAITH, NATURE & INSPIRATIONAL

MY LIFE IS A SHATTERED GLASS: a terzanelle

MY LIFE IS A SHATTERED GLASS: a terzanelle

[Persevere along the path, despite the stones hurled.]



My life is a shattered glass.
But I won’t accept defeat.
I don’t live in the hour past.

Troubles plenty I do meet,
As on my path I proceed,
But I won’t accept defeat.

It is not easy, indeed,
To forget stones hurled at me,
As on my path I proceed.

They envy my victory.
I forgive them, I do try
To forget stones hurled at me.

My heart is hurt, I do cry.
But, though it is difficult,
I forgive them, I do try.

It is a feeling occult:
‘My life is a shattered glass!’
But, though it is difficult,
I don’t live in the hour past.



* A terzanelle is a nineteen line poem consisting of 5 tercets and 1 quatrain. Out of the 19 lines, 5 are non-repeated lines while the remaining 14 are really 7 lines occurring twice. The rhyming pattern is as follows [Repeated lines are shown in upper case]:


A1 B1 A2; b C1 B1; c D1 C1; d E1 D1; e F1 E1; f A1 F1 A2


• Written in 7-7-7 format


M C Gupta
27 October 2005