Such is the mirror of a tomorrow
That makes now’s theft no more than a borrow.
Myriad borrows without reflection
Gybe the sailor’s course beyond correction.
Sailing on the waves of a reworking.
Reinforcing winter’s wind’s inflection
To fill the world with a dire infection.
Yesterday left to cruel sorrow.
Winter prevails for tomorrow.
The fallen guide the vacuous minded.
They follow to their destiny of dead.
In eternity of eternal sleep
Blind to the reward they shall never reap.
Perpendicularly prevailing for
Fighting back with righteousness they shall keep
Until victorious they take the leap
To the promise that has been read
By those remaining sound minded.
Such was the mirror of that yesterday
That cleans the slate thereafter, ev’ryday.
Their dirges sound hollow when spring is here.
They’ll never return lest we forget fear.
We learn to reflect the heart of the all.
No more need we shed a single sad tear
For this, it is written, he will forswear.
Embrace love for there’s no other way,
As it will prevail forever and a day.
Sep 25, 2016
Sep 25, 2016 at 11:23 AM UTC
Such is the mirror of a tomorrow
That makes now’s theft no more than a borrow.
Myriad borrows without reflection
Gybe the sailor’s course beyond correction.
Sailing on the waves of a reworking.
Reinforcing winter’s wind’s inflection
To fill the world with a dire infection.
Yesterday left to cruel sorrow.
Winter prevails for tomorrow.
The fallen guide the vacuous minded.
They follow to their destiny of dead.
In eternity of eternal sleep
Blind to the reward they shall never reap.
Perpendicularly prevailing for
Fighting back with righteousness they shall keep
Until victorious they take the leap
To the promise that has been read
By those remaining sound minded.
Such was the mirror of that yesterday
That cleans the slate thereafter, ev’ryday.
Their dirges sound hollow when spring is here.
They’ll never return lest we forget fear.
We learn to reflect the heart of the all.
No more need we shed a single sad tear
For this, it is written, he will forswear.
Embrace love for there’s no other way,
As it will prevail forever and a day.
New sonnet rhyme scheme called the ‘Reflective Sonnet’ by Tom Lock, used for subjects involving self reflection, retrospection, and/or contrasts from one day (or time) to the next.
The meter can denote hopelessness or inevitable failure and is to reinforce the slightly uncomfortable read brought about by the last two lines curtailing the expected continuation of the perfect symmetry thus far. The fifth line behaves as the mirror reflecting the AA BB as BB AA. The last 2 line’s missing syllables create an air of malice as though the mirror is manipulating the truth.
Rhyme Scheme- A A, B B, C, B B, AA
Meter- 10 10, 10 10, 10, 10 10, 8 8
The meter for the final stanza’s last line is longer than those previous to communicate infinitive perpetuation.
Final stanza - A A, B B, C, B B A A
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11
