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    AC Benus
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One Hundred and Fifty-Five Sonnets - 10. Rick and Ren

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Sonnet No. 19[1]

 

That Romeo loved Juliet is true,

But equally Mercutio loved him,

And how the tragic tale a twist could do,

If the boys could love, and sadness betrim.

Rick loved Ren, and "In the Flesh" they could be

Back again, redeemer to each other,

Despite all the world's cruel hostility,

Their eyes beheld risen Love without cover.

So despite how the temporal world may try –

To hold down, and suppress, our worth –

We will always be there to refute their lie

That our greatest gift wasn't given at birth.

Love me: that is all of you I can ask,

Make them feel we are worthy of the task.

 

 

Sonnet No. 20

 

Click; stop: click; stop: the hands of time go on,

Rigid soldiers, their arms stiff and marching

Have limited moves in the game matching –

Still; stymied: hands; jerking: the clock seems pawn.

And yet, all our hopes and dreams on it fawn,

Begging for enough time dispatching,

To render our longings some detaching,

And beef up our resolve with brawn.

But none of that really seems to matter

When I simply think that I see your hand

Lifting to my lips like heaven's ladder

And pressing there so we both understand

Nothing in the human heart is gladder

Than to have time greater than grains of sand.

 

 

 

 

[1] For Rick and Ren's great love story, see here

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skinnydragon

#20
The inflexible, uncompromising hands of time, limiting, ultimately depriving us of time.
Yet the supple, relaxed hands of love, granting, stretching something finally greater than time.
I love this, AC!

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On 04/05/2016 02:35 PM, skinnydragon said:

#20

The inflexible, uncompromising hands of time, limiting, ultimately depriving us of time.

Yet the supple, relaxed hands of love, granting, stretching something finally greater than time.

I love this, AC!

Thank you, skinny. This is a beautiful review, and it touches me. Make sure you watch "In the Flesh" (Rick and Ren's story) if you have not already seen it :)

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Mikiesboy

Loved In The Flesh, great show. Shame they didn't finish it. This sonnet and your blog are both terrific!

 

Time? Enemy or friend? Both maybe. But time is relentless and it's up to us how we deal with what we have. You've expressed it beautifully.

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Parker Owens

I liked the second one especially for greater than the sands. I was fascinated by the reference to Rick and Ren, and appreciated the link. You used an allusion to their tragedy so effectively, my analytical mind was silenced. Thanks for these.

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On 04/05/2016 09:34 PM, Mikiesboy said:

Loved In The Flesh, great show. Shame they didn't finish it. This sonnet and your blog are both terrific!

 

Time? Enemy or friend? Both maybe. But time is relentless and it's up to us how we deal with what we have. You've expressed it beautifully.

Thanks, Tim. I appreciate your reviews and support.

 

As for time, your comments make me wonder if it's something to overcome, or harness. I don’t have an answer.

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On 04/06/2016 12:01 PM, Parker Owens said:

I liked the second one especially for greater than the sands. I was fascinated by the reference to Rick and Ren, and appreciated the link. You used an allusion to their tragedy so effectively, my analytical mind was silenced. Thanks for these.

Thank you, Parker. "In the Flesh" affected me for weeks and weeks, in fact until I wrote that essay. It has a Shakespearean level of tragedy to it, and with the "Victim" allusions, and use of an HIV-like 'treatable condition,' the writer pulled out so many of the Gay Experience stops it deserves to be much better known.

 

Thanks again.

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