Villanelle

Everything was lost, everything around
All is stripped away, stripped bare to the bone
Everything was lost, so now I have found

All the riches, all the gold that I was crowned
All the power, All the glory I own
Everything was lost, everything around

I stand here silent humble on the ground
though losing everything, the light still shone
Everything was lost, so now I have found

I used to be mourning like a lost hound
or like a person fallen from the throne
Everything was lost, everything around

But God was there, to astound, to unbound
follow his footsteps through the way he's shown
Everything was lost, so now I have found

and now I realize that I am sound
Focus on my mind and body to hone
Everything was lost, everything around
Everything was lost, so now I have found