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Than the Grand Illusions of Those Paradise Shores

Than The Grand Illusions Of Those Paradise Shores

I that dares the purple sunlight to ease my soul
splinter and enter this old, discontented heart
all the mistakes, little sins that takes heavy toll
worrisome the most was the quite unsteady start
the shy lad that saw the great frosting on the pane
the midnight calls and the mornings promised truth
the eerie screams, wondering am I really sane
ah but, so goes the hard mysteries of wild youth
did great Achilles disapprove of how he died
the unusual poison sent into his heel
was true that some Greek warriors actually cried
and the gods laid on his fleshly grave a gold seal!
O' truth does thy great powers always give us more.
Than the grand illusions of those paradise shores?

Robert J. Lindley - Sonnet
composed on my 21st birthday
March 5th, 1975

First Note- At age 21 years old , I had decided to concentrate on poetry
far more seriously. 
This was my first poem composed after making that decision. 

Second Note- I had completely forgotten this poem other
than a very vague memory that I wrote one back then.

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Kim Rodrigues

Date: 8/6/2023 12:04:00 PM

I love “…the purple sunlight.” A striking image…it eases the soul…so we ponder from the beginning…NOW at 21! - you have an OLD and DISCONTENTED heart…sin and worries weighing heavy on you at such a young age…Now, we have the eerie screams…wondering if your really sane? Love those last two lines…the question of truth and illusion. God bless you, Robert!

Robert Lindley
Date: 8/6/2023 12:47:00 PM

Thank you, my good friend. Yes, I do tend to keep the truth principle in my poems. Why write if one does not adhere to it? God bless.