PAD Day 5: Stolen Moments

Today's dual prompts from Poetic Asides and NaPoWriMo: (1) Write a poem about something "stolen", and (2) write a villanelle. Actually, the NaPoWriMo prompt is a three-part one that would have been rather challenging, especially with the limited time I had today, so I decided just to use the first part of the prompt. So here is my "stolen villanelle". (For some reason, I prefer to write them in iambic tetrameter rather than pentameter.)

Thief of Time

I stole a moment, then stole two,

a petty bit of larceny.

I promise they'll come back to you.

I had so many things to do;

instead I chose to shake them free.

I stole a moment, then stole two

and maybe more -it may be true

I shirked responsibility.

I swear, I'll make it up to you.

I need to do this to get through

these days of stress and anarchy.

I stole a moment, then stole two,

and soon my time bank would accrue

enough for creativity.

I promise they'll come back to you.

Time management I may eschew,

but I wrote you some poetry.

I stole a moment, then stole two;

I promised they'd come back to you.