Sonnet CXIV

Thine ire tis but a twisted fading vine, Tossed about in blustery rays of sun Unknown by twilight’s lilac stars divine.   As burning embered mem’ries abandon. Tis the unfettered virtuous heart born That perils not and soars above rainclouds; Where tears fall and thirst-quenched meadow adorn, Holding firmly to that which shadow shrouds. And […]

Sonnet CXIII

That madness be love’s confidant sustained, For in such estate words embrace in rhyme; Where two forms in breath as one ordained, Do love in friendship’s captured fire o’er time. Such desire doth blaze to eternal ends Fueled by life wherein love’s petals open, And bloom doth praise as trusty Sun ascends, Outwardly adoring life […]

Sonnet CXII

If my dear father were but heaven’s child, And I trusting youth dwelt in innocence It might be jester’s bastard reconciled, Or love’s revealed layer’s newfound grievance. Was it not Fortune that divulged mine fate? Perhaps purpose found a path to wits end And within burden’s heart doth palpitate Whereto all youth, in time, life […]

Sonnet CXI

Yes, Love, thou art worthily in command: Thine beauteous form hath risen upward To be that angel in emotion’s hand; Thou art but harmony expressed inward. When heav’n ‘twas built, and therein designed Where mortals found sanctity it is told, And celestial beings ne’er resigned Bringing loved-ones lost from out of the cold. Such renderings […]

Sonnet CX

Thy beauty, thine shape art within mine mind Slight statur’d and regal in promenade, Rising above that known to humankind Beyond the heav’ns own azure esplanade; For in such height, the star still shines at morn Thus arousing the eagle to take flight;Till mist hath shaped, le grand jeté tis born And thee, thine outstretched […]

Sonnet CVIII

Anger can useful be, not bitterness That you were then so awfully cruel to act, And in canker’d sorrow ‘twas vigorous For mine spirits riled were braced for impact. Shackled tongue silenced in the transaction, Forced me to question mine own lonely heart, For thine soul ‘twas shaken by mine action And suffer that has […]

Sonnet CIX

Direct glumness to the magenta skies, And hold fast as shadows depart thy face; Where angels’ wings of gold do galvanize, And life well before thee, no sorrow trace. As ceiling ‘tis as masters hath tinted, So bright that hate cannot before it live In its blazing glory eyes hath squinted; For such color to […]

Sonnet CVII

I place mine own fears in the hands of hope, And my timid heart within the same breath That gives me reason to securely cope, That pain so discover’d doth rebuke death. What wretched miscalculation t’was made, Whilst standing inside the eye of the storm, Risking the heart in its shadow a spade, Falling into […]

Sonnet CVI

With ills unseen the phantom plague doth lurk, Where sickness stirs in the bowels of distress, And such bitter poison has gone berserk; As pained loss hallmarks this evil illness. Death hath called upon the weak and frightened; A bitter chill hath swept the land-living, Where fear forsaken tis not enlightened, In virus pitiless unforgiving. […]

Sonnet CV

Reproach upon my bounty tis as morn, Easy to rise up in disdain for light, For hoisted high Sun’s rays are beauty born; Yet blame can change day to obscure night.  Censure provokes nebulous thought in mind; Whereto adverse fixation prison bear, And self-destructive to the guilty bind, For dark night’s friend such apathy declare. […]