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A Hollow Heart

A hollow heart devoid of love is like a night no stars above, or like an old abandoned well whose empty echoes speak of hell. A lonely heart will gently weep as raindrops through her veins will seep, and cascade down a pallid cheek, and leave a weary spirit weak. My broken spirit aches with pain when sun sinks low at end of day, and darkness douses hopes thereof as midnight chimes amidst the rain. These sad forsaken dreams portray my hollow heart devoid of love. June 17, 2020

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Eric Boddie

Date: 7/2/2020 5:35:00 PM

i hope this does not seem odd....but we ALL must know that Love Is God....so if we Look To God, Love Will Find....The Perfect Way To Enter The Mind....only then can we feel complete....but we must remain humble, we must stay meek....nicely done john....

John Gondolf
Date: 7/3/2020 9:17:00 AM

Thank for sharing your thoughts and comments, Eric, I always enjoy your little rhymes, and a very good message with this one as well. Stay safe my friend and happy holidays. John

Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 7/2/2020 4:49:00 PM

Hello John Gondolf, a heart devoid of love is a heart that is sadden. Have a nice evening my friend. Hugs.

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 7/3/2020 1:57:00 PM

Hello John Gondolf,yes lets all have love in our hearts. Hugs Darlene Enjoy your day my friend.

John Gondolf
Date: 7/3/2020 8:13:00 AM

Hi Darlene, thank you for sharing your thoughts. May we all always have love in our hearts. Hugs, John

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 6/27/2020 5:22:00 PM

I am with Rhonda on this poem too. When words rhyme so aesthetically that one may visualize the poignancy as well as feel it, it becomes more that a poem, it works its way into our own experience of the heart. This is a real stunner of a sonnet my friend and it is going straight into my faves! Thank you for this moving sonnet. My youngest daughter is experiencing this right now. Blessings xxoo

John Gondolf
Date: 6/27/2020 6:58:00 PM

Once again I am humbled by your thoughts and comments my friend. thank you for these kind words, I appreciate you. I am sorry to hear your daughter is going through a hard time right now, I know how this can bring a spirit down. Hugs, John

Brian Strand

Date: 6/25/2020 2:31:00 AM

wistful words John..pathos personified.Stay creative

John Gondolf
Date: 6/25/2020 8:21:00 AM

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and comments, Brian, I appreciate it. I miss competing in your contests. John

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders

Date: 6/23/2020 11:06:00 PM

A heartbreaking, poignant sonnet, John, but beautifully written. I love the depth of your words and the modern sonnet form...a fave! Rhonda :)

John Gondolf
Date: 6/24/2020 6:15:00 AM

Thank you so much for the kind words, Rhonda, I appreciate it, and thank you for adding this to your faves. Hugs, John

Shirley Hawkins

Date: 6/18/2020 7:42:00 PM

A very touching sonnet, we all need to be loved and give love. All the colour goes out of life if you have a hollow heart. Beautifully expressed. very sad ..., I hope you have a lovely day John...

John Gondolf
Date: 6/19/2020 5:06:00 AM

Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Shirley, sometimes life is a dull grey. Hugs, John

Brandy Nicole

Date: 6/18/2020 3:01:00 PM

Your thoughts break my heart. Love is a part of us. I have found this to be true. Love is more than a once upon a time. It is an emotion that lingers deep within. Taking you beyond the stars, if you allow it to. A heart that keeps love hidden, will always feel lost and lonely. ~ Brandy

John Gondolf
Date: 6/18/2020 3:44:00 PM

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on life and love, Brandy, your thoughts are appreciated. John

Gershon Wolf

Date: 6/17/2020 1:28:00 PM

Your bookends -- first and last line -- enclose the sad truth. Superb sonnet, John! Best always, Gershon

John Gondolf
Date: 6/17/2020 1:52:00 PM

Thanks, Gershon, I appreciate it. John

John Hamilton

Date: 6/17/2020 10:48:00 AM

Very nicely done John, I enjoyed the flow this has, I guess the eight syllables does that, Is this called an Italian sonnet? I really like the way this flows off the tongue! A perfect depiction of a hollow heart, sad for those who possess it!

John Gondolf
Date: 6/17/2020 1:51:00 PM

Thanks, John. This is a "non-conventional" sonnet at best. It certainly doesn't fit the rhyme scheme of an Italian Sonnet, at least not in the first octave. I do like the flow of iambic tetrameter, it seems to be a natural rhythm to me. John

Sunlite Wanter

Date: 6/17/2020 10:27:00 AM

Bet your heart's full of love.

John Gondolf
Date: 6/17/2020 1:24:00 PM

Thank you, Sunlite, I appreciate your thoughts and comments. John

Tom Cunningham

Date: 6/17/2020 7:21:00 AM

You discribed an empty heart so well John. Written so well, I love how your poems just bounce along, perfect rhythm. Tom

John Gondolf
Date: 6/17/2020 1:22:00 PM

Thanks, Tom, I'm glad you enjoyed. John