Katherine Braithwaite Poet Sonnet

Astonishing That We Should Live At All

To fulminate against the hands of fate
To vent our anger on  beloved friends
Will not repair our ills and our mistakes
But may bring friendships to  a bitter end.

For who are we to know what is the best?
Who are we to choose when loved ones die?
And  do not think this is a needed test.
As if on us God wastes his time to spy.

Once  we were a joining of two cells
The lively sperm, a salmon riding high.
The egg awaiting without  need for bells
Is fertilised and grows that which  shall die.

Astonishing that we should live at all.
Unsurprising, that a loved one falls.

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Lenny Gazbowski May 21, 2016 at 11:00 AM Life is a wonderful Mystery and death but a doorway Home. Katherine Braithwaite May 21, 2016 at 12:22 PM As Wm Blake said.Thank you,Lenny

Jonathan J. May 21, 2016 at 9:46 AM So terribly sad to remember that all we are comes to an end and that we lose our loved ones along the way. Great write. Katherine Braithwaite May 21, 2016 at 12:23 PM Yes,indeed I am very sad when I think of people gone.I am so glad you enjoyed my poem,Jonathan