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Sonnet 19

Writer: Nigel SmithNigel Smith

That our today will so soon the past be

does enrage those who prefer breeze to gale

yet we who have sailed the savage sea

fear not the Goodnight of the fading frail.


We welcome the swift passage of the day

and grasping the hours with a fervent hold

live so fiercely that time enjoys no sway

and the heavens smile at such burning bold.


Choose not to wither slow upon the vine

but blossom bright and reaching for the sky

make demand that the sun will ever shine

for those standing proud and yearning to fly.


Then can you at the final eyelid fall

let slip to the sound of the raven's call.

 

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Martin Pickard
Martin Pickard
2024년 7월 04일

Absolutely gorgeous and deep with feeling. Bravo master

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Liz Starbuck
Liz Starbuck
2024년 7월 01일

Beautiful, reflective and sad but very beautiful

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