Ngoc Nguyen Poet Sonnet

For Shining So Bright, You Burn Out and Die

For shining so bright, you burn out and die;
     for soaring too close to the sun, you fall
to the hard earth below and crash: “Too high,”
     judge the gods; so, as lesson to us all,

you're chastened for your lofty, prideful flight.
     Like Icarus, I test life's great divide
between deity and men: visionary sight,
     God-giv'n, and penetrating—eagle-eyed!

What seems like pride is for history to laud:
     so, as Jesus the man was, so am I.
Only a God humbles another god;
     that's destiny no man can e'er defy.  

Though the world crucifies, God testifies
with fulsome laughter that I, His child, rise!

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