Good or bad, happy or sad

Good or bad, happy or sad,
Some laughter and a few fights,
Now I know just what I had.

My blindness made you so mad,
I was drawn to the bright lights,
Good or bad, happy or sad.

Turns out I was such a cad,
You acted within your rights,
Now I know just what I had.

When we broke up I was glad,
Wasting days and jamming nights,
Good or bad, happy or sad.

Now things don't get near so rad,
Life has adjusted my sights,
Now I know just what I had.

Parties fade as if a fad,
Soon the chill of old age bites,
Good or bad, happy or sad,
Now I know just what I had.

The Villanelle is a challenging poetry form that consists of nineteen lines and is comprised of two rhymes. The first and third lines of the first verse become the alternating final lines of the next four verses. In the last stanza, they form a couplet and become the "Closure". Finally, all the 2nd lines of each stanza rhyme with each other.

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