‘Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.’ --Robert Brault

Since my involvement in weekly writing challenges, I am beginning to enjoy structured poetry. I also may be growing tired of doing things my way and being right. Whatever the case may be, this is the second poem that I have written in the form of a villanelle. This poem was inspired by a Robert Brault quote, ‘Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.’ Like the African proverb, ‘He who forgives, ends the quarrel,’ it is a true statement that I (at times) have difficulty mastering. In an effort to break out of this “rebellious poetic freestyle” mode, I wanted to challenge myself to write poems with structure. The African Proverb, is a little better than this one.