This is my first villanelle since high school, so while criticism is welcome, please be gentle. Cheers!
Follow thy bliss and learn all that you can
Read, discuss, and open up your mind
Do your own part to raise the race of man
Then look into your heart to understand
Your motives. Caution! Keep them true and kind;
Follow thy bliss and learn all that you can
Then breed some more of thee, per Nature’s plan,
In them your love and knowledge leave behind;
Do your own part to raise the race of man.
Strong Passion’s pushed us on since time began
But self-love must with reason be entwined
Follow thy bliss and learn all that you can
Err on the side of love throughout thy span
Both mind and heart teach wisdom when aligned
Do your own part to raise the race of man
Thy goal, dear friend, as o’er your life you scan
Shall be to say, “I kept man from decline.”
Follow thy bliss and learn all that you can;
Do your own part to raise the race of man.
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