They Sat In Judgement

Villanelle inspired by "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

They sat in judgment
Now is when each mind begins to pray
Their eyes were watching God
The men see wishes out across the waves
Mocked by time as if they once did sin
They sat in judgment
The women live the fullest every day
The truth comes from the dream that lies within
Their eyes were watching God
A miss, the lackey for Death's sudden prey
Now never to call upon the god by Min.
They sat in judgment
A gallery of folk with nill to say
A story of the lass in their own pin
Their eyes were watching God
The people who live life done as they may
Might not have the choice at all to grin.
They sat in judgment
Their eyes were watching God