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Sonnet 17 (Of the drunken poet)

I'm drunk today, my lover, as I will be tomorrow
And when it will be Sunday I'll drink for our love;
I'm bombed tonight, my sugar, as if I had to borrow
Some guns for my illusions with bullets from above.

I'm like no others, neither they will sustain my arrow
In their anemic shadow that lickers in sweet wine,
But if you saw the meaning of what they were - a narrow
Seclusion - you'll be hiding below my graceful line.

It's true... the bowl is crying because of its damnation,
While my ecstatic whistle blows fire in your ear;
Just when the rain stops bleeding, you'll find me in vibration
Towards the face of summer - one day in every year.

I hope you understand that my nothingness is what they
Call the subversive sorrow in manners of their own way.


— Unlight, Jun 30, 2008

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Country/Region: Romania

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orgami

17 years 11 months ago

And so too I

here is familiar in a distant country but we are brothers poets and readers adressing the hostage ears of our own reflections the ones who love are there still waiting for the bluff and stagger to burn away like morning mists they know our words they turn them like worry stones as the ruin runs its course Great Poem
Unlight

Unlight

17 years 11 months ago

yes, orgami, there’s

yes, orgami, there's something about us and the distance we were chosen to travel; not from country to country, but from soul to soul with the wings that burnt in our own HELL. Thanks for your appreciation. Greetings!
Candlewitch

Candlewitch

17 years 11 months ago

Wow!

Very powerful words strung together on a thread of volitile emotion. I loved it! Always, Cat
Unlight

Unlight

17 years 11 months ago

Cat,

I'm glad that you enjoyed my sonnet. Greetings!
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Atticus

17 years 8 months ago

extraorinary

Few and far between are lines like these. Cohesively descriptive, moving and rhythmic. Quite enjoyable and impressive.
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goatman

17 years 5 months ago

this is rare

rare like raw meat. raw and beautiful. your a cannibal of prose, mate. .................................................................................. stop rambling about how things were perfect, are perfect or will be perfect. perfect is imperfect, and imperfect is perfect.
Unlight

Unlight

17 years 5 months ago

Goatman, thank you for your

Goatman, thank you for your appreciation. Like I said before, it means a lot to me the fact that my writings tremble in the reader's soul. Cheers!