Weather the storm no matter how you are tossed
Beat by striving the tempest-churned sea
Save your soul no matter the cost
Stay at the tiller or all is lost
Defeat despair till sunshine you see
Weather the storm no matter how you are tossed
Dismay not though the waves accost
Man your post faithfully until set free
Save your soul no matter the cost
Determine that this rough piece shall be crossed
Dispel all doubts that this will be
Weather the storm no matter how you are tossed
Keep at it no matter how your efforts exhaust
Renew with shouts and songs of glee
Save your soul no matter the cost
Beat the storm whether tropic hot or with frost
Persist, persist! The tempest soon shall flee
Weather the storm no matter how you are tossed
Save your soul no matter the cost
Join the poetic bunch at dVerse Poets Pub tonight, where the challenge is the form known as the Villanelle.
Life in Portofino 