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Jun 15, 2008
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Sonnet 9
If there's no chance to stare inside four walls,
Beside a storm you'll hear a mourning sound;
Agnostic view is suffering that falls
From all illusions to the starving ground.
The foils of time are strangled with thin rope
And sky converts to cosmos for one row -
The cycle of grey life with tears and hope
Which pales in glowing ash for us to throw.
I lurk in what they used to search and dive;
For years since then I gently broke the chains
Of mind and soul, but where shall I survive
In all the sorrow from their bloodless veins?
Don't drop the meaning of yourself, because
The pain will strike you with those harmful claws.
Beside a storm you'll hear a mourning sound;
Agnostic view is suffering that falls
From all illusions to the starving ground.
The foils of time are strangled with thin rope
And sky converts to cosmos for one row -
The cycle of grey life with tears and hope
Which pales in glowing ash for us to throw.
I lurk in what they used to search and dive;
For years since then I gently broke the chains
Of mind and soul, but where shall I survive
In all the sorrow from their bloodless veins?
Don't drop the meaning of yourself, because
The pain will strike you with those harmful claws.
— Unlight, Jun 15, 2008
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Critiques
RSScheerer
17 years 11 months ago
Perfect as it is; truly
Unlight
17 years 11 months ago
I’m glad that you saw
Janice Pearce
17 years 11 months ago
I agree
Eduardo Cruz
17 years 8 months ago
Beautiful,
WonderGolly
17 years 8 months ago
...yes ...
Rob Graber
17 years 8 months ago
Unlight’s rhyme scheme
Bryan
17 years 8 months ago
Fine example of a Shakespearean Sonnet