The Enemy
(a villanelle)



I see him calmly standing there
So confident and void of fear
Mocking me with icy stare. 

Unable to escape his stare
Of confidence combined with leer
I see him calmly standing there.

Sarcastic monster! How he dare
To criticize my weak veneer
Mocking me with icy stare.

Remindful of an old nightmare
Recurrent in my early years
I see him calmly standing there.

Fiend from darkness! How he bare
My soul with evil grin so queer
Mocking me with icy stare.

I strike at him with hatred bare!
But, through the shattered cracks of mirror,
I see him calmly standing there
Mocking me with icy stare.