Villanelle draft 1

A clock ticks loudly, I sit quietly

The passage of time a worrisome thing to some

My bones grow older, my mind swims warily

Memories swarm, good and bad, carelessly

That one time I did something, haunts for days to come

A clock ticks loudly, I sit quietly

Why must they come now, so endlessly?

I messed up, I own it: what I did was dumb

My bones grow older, my mind swims warily

I let you in, despite my anxiety

You let me down, turn'd me in. Never again. I'm numb.

A clock ticks loudly, I sit quietly.

Tick-tock. I wait for you to show, finally.

Confrontation; an easy thing to shrink from 

My bones grow older, my mind swims warily.

You were someone I thought I could trust entirely

A life-long friend I now know I can abstain from.

A clock ticks loudly, I sit quietly

My bones grow older, my mind swims warily.