Sunday, October 17, 2010

A sonnet by Daniel K

Why is this pain within me night and day?

Shouldered pangs along life’s journey traveled

Why does this heart of mine to and fro sway?

Tumbled heart emptied here and there graveled

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I can hear this lonely whispering voice

Darkness creeping in from sun-torn shadows

Sunset fading along time’s mantelpiece

Through my weary soul this echoed voice flows

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Daily straddling the fence of life, I war

And tears flow, for I shall not surrender

Fury of hell, bottomless pit’s teeth gnaw

Standing hand in hand, brother and sister

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Making it through, life is for us to keep

Though short or long, it’s not for us to sleep




by Daniel K Wentzel | Poem Number: 3986, Nov 4, 1997

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