Fidelity's Flag of Faith
English sonnet
I ponder him who pledged to me his troth.
Our marriage came to shreds with pressure wrought.
He saved each tangled ravel, wove new cloth,
resuming our design with errors naught.
Haphazard doubts occurred which caused some snarls
of jealous hate which anger loves to knot.
Distrust released, his flag of truce unfurls
his calculated plan of love's own plot
Sometimes our banner's hem still comes unloosed
though aging thoughts begrudge, repair we'll find.
Disease destroys and bodies come to roost.
Ere sleep descends, what happens to the mind?
His word has shielded ev'ry other plight.
I have no doubt our God will span that night.
December 4, 2016
contest: Best Friend Sonnet
hostess: Regina Riddle
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