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Disasters, Delights and Other Detours - 82. Visitation and Chained
Two sonnets, drawn from my poetry sketchbook. Every error herein is mine.
Visitation
Bedevil me, imagination's sprite,
paint visions of my love behind my eyes
and sound within my ear his joyous cries,
or conjure up his scent upon the night.
I beg you, spring of sweetest dreams so bright,
from aether clothe his spirit in surmise,
that he in arms of Morpheus descries
such yearning that no distance can disguise.
Yet softly sounds the night upon my ear,
I wonder, lest the silence me unmake,
for suddenly I see your form appear,
and unbelieving, though I am awake,
beneath the covers feel your body near,
assuaging thirst that only you can slake.
Chained
I guess by now I ought to be inured
to touch that feels perfunctory and chill,
brief passes of the lips which never thrill
and knowledge my attentions are endured.
Unfortunate it is you are immured,
imprisoned with a cellmate you could kill,
who frustrates to the point of being shrill,
a presence which has never reassured.
But just suppose a breath divine might call,
and passing by our lintel marked with hate
would open doors, loose shackles from the wall,
and offer us a different sort of fate:
would letting go our chalice full of gall
allow us past our iron prison gate?
If you have a reflection or thought about these, I'd be glad to read it. I appreciate knowing what you think.
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