Friday, May 23, 2008

Sonnet 3: One Day, One Room


Through the door of that room I watch you leave,
As entrances and exits all around
Stand still, unnoticed, in the room's dark eve
And waning dreams from crumbling walls resound.

Conflicting Voices, new and old, becry:
Experience from this to thee shall come,
'Tis for the best, His hand in this doth lie,
Why waste your time when nothing can be done?

From room to room I linger in that one,
Alone in crowds; afraid to lose what's lost,
While Reason seeks to succor his sad son,
Yet fails to bind the broken and storm toss'd.

     A tear falls from my eye for 'tis enough
     That once in faded room we were just us.

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