Whatever would the strictest consequence?
Whenever whimsy doth mee, for to take;
Where never doth reality abide.
Tag Archives: Friendship
Sonnet: Thieves
Through turns and twists, an endless beat, we ran;
I’d spurn the mists, descend to meet with thee.
We’d turn a bend upon a stone, and we
Would earn an end, and on our own, began.
But for a while–and never knowing when–
Once more to smile, then time to go, it was.
Through turns, we twist, an endless beat, and us
Returned, we list, pretend, and meet again.
You’d wrest some rest from lies and flight, and stole
From me some paradise, not quite forlorn.
I took, from you, a measure of that sworn
A garden, too. You stole no treasure, whole;
But gave us shrift, though magical and brief.
Forgiveness gifts me gratitude, my thief!
Intro: Four or Five
of four or even five
the Rhymes trip, unbidden, along they go
I gave them no assistance
Sonnet: My Friend
When hope’s last touch had, ever weary, left;
And never, solace opened up her arms;
Sweet dreams pervading comfort had been reft;
And fertile life had quitted of her charms.
Life, seeming ended, ever lingered on;
And pity choked her ever-ringing word.
It seemed as though I were a passing pawn
Unheeding of all joy and never heard.
When panic reared his dreaded mask, I had
To desperately seek to task this ache.
Instead, you offered friendship. (I was glad
To take whatever kindness I could take.)
Though first, it seemed your offering was small,
What magic, that you gave a gift at all!
- One more for Jena:
Though never would a hundred
Ever be enough.
Intro: So Happy
so nice when I had
found you, seeming well, and even smiling
I was very happy then
Sonnet VI: Nurtured Nature
I lay in thought, while others raced ahead.
Until I understood what friendship was.
I chose to look, while others leapt instead,
And learned what loving is, and what it does.
I searched inside, while many never could,
To troll the depths and nature of desire,
Though scorned, I searched until I understood
The metal that would fealty require.
I learned; and kept my friendship, burning love,
And deep desire, gilt like royalty;
For now, I knew the worth and nature of
Such strong emotions wrapped in loyalty:
So nurtured, close together, as they grew,
Until the day I gave them all to you.
This sonnet is part of a short sequence; click here to read it all:
Intro 6: First Wisdom
To learn what he needs
A boy… or a boy most wise…
Or a boy who loves….
David Emeron: Sonnets 