Written for my poetry course at UWM back on March 6, 1997. This was my first attempt at a Sestina.
Christina why do you laugh at the men with whom you make love? Do you have beliefs, any hopes? Do you cry? Do you need? Do you fear? Christina tell me all your fears Ignore the devil when he laughs Like me I know you need someone special to love I say "In the rain we all cry when we lose sight of hope." Christina do you see the lighthouse of hope Or the angry sea as fear? She asks "Have you ever seen a seagull cry Or for that fact laugh?" "They are free of the burden of love But they see the sea as home." Christina cries in need "What does it take to have hope?" "I want love I hate fear I want to laugh Whenever I cry" "Christina please don't cry Because it's you I need I want to hear God laugh I want to shake His hand and hope That all of my fears Don't get in the way of all my love" Christina is in love That is why she can cry The angry sea crashes in fear That's how it feeds its need To destroy all hope and the reason we all laugh So Christina you don't need to fear As land is now within sight And as you reach shore we will reunite
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