Blessed

[Damn... It's really hard to write a villanelle. In my case, it's also really hard to spell "villanelle".]

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Blessed are we to know the blues
Divine to live amongst decay
Better still to love and lose

Charmed are we to wear a bruise
Let the blows fall where they may
Blessed are we to know the blues

Glorious for us to choose
Blood instead of heartless gray
Better still to love and lose

Marvelous to find a muse
In our pain and harsh dismay
Blessed are we to know the blues

Sweet it is to show tattoos,
Bidding all our wounds to stay
Better still to love and lose

Beautifully we do refuse
Anesthetic day by day
Blessed are we to know the blues
Better still to love and lose