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I come to a fork here, trivially, Bewildered by my mind’s comprehension Of the things it was made to choose between, Like a machine forged from glass; the intention Being that, shattered, the cracks branch away. The fork, like a set of fingers off’ring, Each giving me a taste of where it goes, Does little in aiding my suffering, ‘Cause my destination I’ve yet to know. Birds can fly and return quicker than I, But my decision cannot be unchanged; The tale is longer than stories of mine, But, like a book, it can’t be the same. The sun begins to set along the west, So I step down and forget all the rest.
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Jul 9, 2016
Jul 9, 2016 at 5:18 PM UTC
Sonnet VI (Crossroads)
Aloft, the mattresses on which she sits Are facades that shield much more troubling things. Their roots are grounded deep inside the pits That stop solutions; soon, the bars will bring Another pea to which the mounds will mold. Bedsprings try to push parasites from her, But soon tendrils will render her stone cold. Naught can stop progression, if I concur. As for things besides, that pea rots, growing, Into another monster without rest, And till the truth emancipates, the sting Can melt the layers entirely in jest. Though, when that day comes for longer sleeping, Peace is felt by her who’s longed for keeping.
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May 12, 2016
May 12, 2016 at 9:34 AM UTC
Sonnet V (The Princess and the Pea)
Where, if not for hell, do people go When they pass from this world into the next? Forgive transgressions, but what do they know If all the places are things too complex? This is asked because the time is now come That those who avoid hell find themselves gone To a realm elsewhere, a place without sun; A destination older than the dawn. The dead find oft a fumbling spirit in That keeps them thinking if they’ve truly died, But when that spectre knows that time’s begin, Something further in it, its place, resides. Lo, the place is found among the clouds, When corpses cower deeper in their shrouds.
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Apr 12, 2016
Apr 12, 2016 at 10:31 PM UTC
Sonnet IV (Shrouds)
I seek for love, and you seek it as well. What else between us could there separate? If you by my side could sit for a spell, If love my company did not dictate, Perhaps, I’d leave and ne’er come back to you. For the moment, your eyes of pain regret, But I the hurt am able to undo, I pray the memory you shan’t forget. Your perfume is calming and comforting, It makes the mind wander some through the dark; You are so bright, you leave me wondering On my way would I come across a spark. What have I found, for which I’ve been grateful? You and I, now, is occurrence fateful.
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Mar 31, 2016
Mar 31, 2016 at 9:00 AM UTC
Sonnet III (Love in the Dark, in the Pain)
The path to heav’n is not one aptly ta’en Because for things and worldly joys we seek; If our eyes and senses be mistaken, The answers to our questions be oblique. We’re thrown about in sinful *** a-boil, Whose flame permits the crimes and lies reveal; The heat incites a panic and turmoil A timely death comes post our flesh congeal. Throughout our lives we fail to rise above The harrowing things that we call our own, Because they’re products of what we think of, Restraints that hold us down till we’re alone. But from your wrists the weight of Earth be raised Remembering that you cannot be fazed.
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Mar 19, 2016
Mar 19, 2016 at 8:44 PM UTC
Sonnet II (Weights)
To grieve of death before it knows to come Is lack of chance for sin a soul to take. Because the dread of loss can leave one numb Though calls our faults are prone err make. Having nothing on which to base our dares, The doom befalls those who, amid fear, live. If such merchant ne’er sold hands wrought his wares, Then for profit fruits of labor ne’er give. Pointless it is to not amount forwards, To fear the end and not live through the start. In speech in rhymes you fool renege your words, Till from this world your lies disgrace; depart. And when your death its sting comes back for you, Perhaps the fear and fire of hell will change the view.
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Mar 16, 2016
Mar 16, 2016 at 7:28 PM UTC
Sonnet I (The View)