Ballade

Oh, now it's time for the Ballade! So, like I said last night, don't get it confused with the Ballad. The Ballade is associated with French Poetry of the 14th and 15th century. It's pretty hard for the English language due to it's rhyme scheme of ababbcbC (x3) ending with bcbC with the "C" being a refrain. For some reason I'm not sure of still, the closing bit addresses a prince. I think I worked it into my poem nicely:

Monument

Remember when days were so long

For us all, remember those days

Before everything went so wrong

Now it's all just a foggy haze

With only a dead god to praise

This was something we could foresee

No worrying, no time to laze

Time is short, hurry we must flee

The days are hot, full of death's song

And the tune is sung with eyes glazed

There they march, a horrible throng

Never stopping, even ablaze

We're just mere cattle set to graze

The streets became a bloody sea

Let us dance in the dead’s ballets

Time is short, hurry we must flee

My son, to the earth you belong

Farewell, my child, no more delays

I swear by your grave I'll be strong

Destroy these dead with endless craze

Oh, through the corpses I will blaze

I promise a killing spree

This, my son, is the parting of ways

Time is short, hurry we must flee

My prince, to the heavens I raise

I only ask forgiveness please

I cannot bear that final gaze

Time is short, hurry we must flee

I absolutely dreaded writing this poem. I didn't know if I could pull off something that made sense or had value (though I guess you could always argue that the one above doesn't have such either or anything anyone writes, I guess). Though, I think this one turned out pretty good, and I was actually able to write it far faster than I thought possible.

There is only one line (This was something we could foresee) that I don't like. I just feel like it doesn't flow with the rest of that stanza, and I do plan on going back to change it eventually. For now, though, I think I beat the challenge of the Ballade. This was also the first poem from the series that received a comment from someone who never really saw my poetry, and I believe it was a positive comment!

Anyway, again, I woke up early today! An hour before my alarm! No clue why, but it's my Monday. >>

Goals for this week: No money spending (in fact, hopefully I can go till next pay check without doing so >>), start exercising, start a solid house clean up system, and make some progress in writing that can help my career. Let's see if I can accomplish any of that!

I'm also thinking about doing overtime on the 8th through the 10th. Need more money. Stupid bills.

Time to get ready for work, but I should have another post tonight before bed at least! Also, if you haven't followed my twitter, do so! I decided I'd just use it to status update my facebook as well since status updates are my favorite part of facebook. I just wish I had more friends that used twitter.