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You Steal My Beauty To Heart With Glee

You Steal My Beauty To Heart With Glee Clear night sky once told me to yield hold your horses and be quite still you are but a dot in a dirty brown field certainly nothing to give others a thrill. Now go lay in a moonlit cave head bowed and heart seeking relief give thanks for what I gave and seek mercy for you are a thief. You steal my beauty to heart with glee yet return not praise and glory my way yes, you love deep what you see but fail to ever give me proper pay. What could I say facing such true accusations? I simply bowed my head and gave sincere salutations. R.J. Lindley Spring, 1971 Note- From my private journal. Written two years after my father's death. I often wandered out into that barren brown field late at night to gaze at the vastness of the universe and ask why he was taken from me... Soon with no satisfactory answer, I turned to hating the world with vengeance in my heart that continued for 18 long and painful years ..

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John Hamilton

Date: 5/13/2016 9:31:00 AM

Thanks for sharing this gem Robert, your talent was shining even as a youth, congrats on POTD.

Paul Callus

Date: 5/8/2016 3:27:00 PM

An emotional sonnet & note, Robert. Coming to terms with certain things can be a hard a long process. Thank you for sharing your personal feelings with us. Congrats on p.o.t. d. ~ Keep well, my friend. // paul

Edlynn Nau

Date: 5/7/2016 8:37:00 PM

You certainly have NO PROBLEM with alternating rhyme scheme in Classical Sonnet format (abab cdcd efef gg). You're so on it. I was sick to my tummy when I read this b/c my own dad is almost 86 and I cannot lose him now (and not for awhile). This plugs us into loss and that orphan feeling. Nice one Robert.

Manmath Dalei

Date: 5/5/2016 11:13:00 PM

Robert, Very outstanding sonnet. Congratulations for ur well deserving POTD. Enjoyed every line.........//:) hugs

Eileen Manassian

Date: 5/5/2016 5:24:00 PM

I'm so sorry to hear about the difficult years of wondering why, Robert. I wondered why also. Though my mother didn't die suddenly, she had to endure a long painful ordeal of losing her faculties due to MS. This is a beautiful poem...especially that ending couplet. One day we will understand. Congrats on POTD.

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 5/5/2016 2:56:00 PM

- Congratulations with this touching and beautiful poem, Robert - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Cindi Rockwell

Date: 5/5/2016 2:02:00 PM

Powerful even before I read the note about its origin. Even more so after. Congrats on POTD!!!

Charlie Smith

Date: 5/5/2016 11:34:00 AM

Congratulations Robert for POTD. Well done, early on...

Casarah Nance

Date: 5/5/2016 8:21:00 AM

It is those questions and experiences that make us wonder and write. "you a but a dot in a dirty brown field" "and seek mercy for you are a thief" great lines with great meanings. Grats on being featured as poem of the day. :)

Jan Allison

Date: 5/5/2016 7:06:00 AM

Such a moving write Robert - thank you for sharing :-) many congrats on POTD:-) hugs Jan xx

Jannie Breedt

Date: 5/5/2016 4:54:00 AM

Nicely done congrats

Gary Bateman

Date: 5/4/2016 12:13:00 PM

Hello Robert, A quite moving and emotional sonnet here for sure. Extraordinary depth of thought. A TR/FAV in my book. (Hope all is going better for your now . . . .) Cheers and Best, Gary

Jill Spagnola

Date: 5/4/2016 11:56:00 AM

Robert, you have poured out true feelings in such a healthy piece. Humans always need to blame, I of all comprehend that more than you could know. to take so long to let those feelings go, to me equates to the true belief you once held. A painful ~7...with love, jill

Lin Lane

Date: 5/4/2016 9:40:00 AM

Bonnie's thoughts are my own. At some of the lowest points in my life I wrote until my fingers numbed. When I closed my eyes the words kept filling my mind. It's our way of capturing the emotions we're feeling at that moment in our lives. You did it when you ached over losing your father, and every other hardship you faced in those 18 years. I'm so glad that you found someone to share your life with, Robert, and now you've moved past the pain. But..I'm glad you share your heartache with us.

Bonnie Jennings

Date: 5/4/2016 8:48:00 AM

Moving and emotional Robert. Isn't it amazing how our emotions whether good or bad will lead poets to write and then share later? I hope all is well with you now....