Ah, Life! Sonnet I
Ah, Life!
I
The womb was dark and I was less than live
I often reveled in corrupted dreams
that I would breech the world but not survive
and save my guiltless breath from useless screams.
A mortar binds my lashes blacking days
so I might contemplate my wraith and sin.
So many seek a birth and righteous ways
but I would find more joy if you were dim.
My Life, what cause have you to plague me more,
When all I’ve ever wanted equals none?
What purpose is there trying to restore
a spark that never sought to be begun?
Ah, Life, I never loved you from the start
and yet you stalk my heavy, haunted heart!
Copyright © Jean Marble | Year Posted 2007
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