"So cushioned by your mercy" [villanelle]

So cushioned by your mercy   we go on
enjoying fate's bewildering charades
night's darkness dimly auguring the dawn

the curtains drift   albeit rarely drawn
sheer kindness every molecule pervades
so cushioned by your mercy   we go on

what hook appears   to hang the heart upon?
who engineers   such florid escapades?
night's darkness dimly auguring the dawn

aface the pool   espy the verdant lawn
till pixels shift   (who programs all these fades?)
as cushioned by your mercy   we go on

who'd save the king love sacrifice   O pawn
who'd gain the river gamely weep   O haze
night's darkness dimly auguring the dawn

we ply more pluck than wit?   less brain than brawn?
nor thought nor stride exhaust your glens & glades
so cushioned by your mercy   we go on
night's darkness dimly auguring the dawn