Beyond the Breakers

Beyond the rugged linoleum sheen
of stamped moribund improprieties
where life is nothing but a deep-sixed scene
lost in the postmarked cliffs of postcard seas;

Beyond the frozen wake of guilty flight
taken by seagulls, judged by magistrates,
whose dispassionate paths, once brought to light,
shimmered as dull incomplete figure-eights;

Far from horizons of tidal-wave's shore,
seen beneath midnight’s refusal to glow,
alone, for one,  I pace forevermore,
as my insanity plays quite a show:

Visions return me where all’s well and fine -
Beyond the breakers, where, for me, the stars still shine.  

2/10/2017
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Burch Avatar
February 13, 2017 at 1:57 PM
Beautiful Phillip!! Congratulations!! Big Hugggs!! Deb
U.D Palawon  Avatar
February 13, 2017 at 10:36 AM
A well composed sonnet with wonderful ideas. Congrats on your win! :)
White Avatar
February 13, 2017 at 3:16 AM
Coming back to you my friend, with congrats :)
White Avatar
February 13, 2017 at 11:35 AM
2 days indeed! :)
Garcia Avatar
February 13, 2017 at 9:28 AM
Muchas gracias. 2 days til happy day
Johnson-Saunders Avatar
February 12, 2017 at 9:39 PM
A deeply poignant sonnet, Phillip...I love the glimmer of hope at the end! Congrats!! Hugs, Rhonda
Devonshire Avatar
February 12, 2017 at 2:27 PM
What a beautiful sonnet, Phillip! Many of the contest entries were very sad and I like the ray of hope in your final two lines. Congratulations on your win
May Avatar
February 12, 2017 at 10:21 AM
Great write and win...Congrats
White Avatar
February 11, 2017 at 4:07 AM
I assume this is for the contest? I love your grasp/control over the language, something I can only dream of :) This imagery is great, the different ways of breaking through tidal waves and calmness beyond. Read it metaphorically ...
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