Villanelle

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Villanelle

All these things were meant to be.
Nothing we say can save the day.
No one escapes from history.

We preen and pretend to be free;
struggle proudly to make our way.
All these things were meant to be.

Prompted by powerless vanity,
we strive to shape the formless fray.
No one escapes from history.

Look again at what you think you see.
Do you believe you have made this day?
All these things were meant to be.

We desperately try to control and be,
to command the world, to make it sway.
No one escapes from history.

Everything that is was there to see.
There never was any other way.
All these things were meant to be.
No one escapes for history.