Imitation and comparing poem

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If by any chance you see her once again,
In any quiet and lost corner of this wide universe,
Pray, tell her I am her soul`s long lost friend.
I have waited for eternity for the beginning of the end
When I shall finally merge spirit with my heart and soul`s twin
If by any chance you see her once again.
For eons I have searched in every road`s bend
With longing so painful immeasurable sadness
Pray tell her I am her long lost friend.
I would search beyond the silver sea to mend
This incompleteness this eating emptiness
If by any chance you see her once again.
Climb the mountains, cross the sea, to the galaxies I send
A cry for help to let my ultimate loneliness end
Pray tell her I am her long lost friend.
When I saw her the last time I know it was I who forgot
To recognize my heart`s other half in my selfish troubled lot
If by any chance you see her once again
Pray tell her I am her long lost friend.
This villanelle seems to imply a light gay tone and yet the mood is serious. This is a villanelle imitating the prose and style of Dylan Thomas` "Do not go gentle into that good night". It assumes Thomas` mood of seriousness packaged in a tone of lightness. Thomas` poem presents the paradox of the finality of death and the endless cycle of rebirth as the poem is structured in repetitions and yet does not appear monotonous. In fact every repetition signals the importance of what is being said. My poem presents a paradox of eternal separation but ultimate connectedness of the heart. And every repetition adds to the gravity and depth of loneliness and need.
Notice that the form of this poetry follows exactly 19 lines divided into 5 stanzas with 3 lines and a concluding quatrain. The rhyme and the repetition are almost the sa...