Greet the Sun

Shall raw and bleeding wounds gape wide for thee
and overcoat each new parchments’ page?
Are thee foul succubus seeking a sage
undead and living vicariously?

Shall another’s soul flow unbound to thee
like a courtesan released from her cage
each tomes rich with crimson text overlaid.
So alone, thee can dine veraciously?

Shall life come a courting as thy subject?
Nay, lance the ripe boil of lassitude.
Purge thy barren cloister genuflect.

Author thine own life thee are not destitute.
Expand into the world, let life project.
Arise, pale spirit and the sun exude.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Bagnall Avatar
June 28, 2010 at 5:45 AM
Congrats on placeing so well in the contest, you reached the outer limits of my vocabulary, I had to check some of those words !! - well done
George   Avatar
June 25, 2010 at 12:20 PM
Deb - this is incredible - a MSTERPIECE! Going to my list of Favorites. Love, Lainie
Brown Avatar
June 25, 2010 at 7:14 AM
Congratulations Deborah on your win in A Rambling Poet's contest "Italian Sonnet". Love, Carol
Dietrich Avatar
June 24, 2010 at 9:22 PM
Sounds very classical, Deb and true to the true meause of syllables in a sonnet! Congratualtions, Andrea
Richards Avatar
June 24, 2010 at 6:37 PM
Ahhh....like the classic poets of old.....wonderful!! Congratulations....(I loved this one!)
Green Avatar
June 24, 2010 at 4:37 PM
This is a true work of art. Congrats on your win.
La France Avatar
June 24, 2010 at 3:07 PM
Congratulations, Deborah, on fourth place, in my Italian Sonnet Contest, with this amazing write... Love Constance
La France Avatar
June 19, 2010 at 7:43 PM
Soup mail..
Goff Avatar
October 5, 2009 at 2:46 PM
yes! yes! a call to action, eh?.... exertion equals enlightenment... jim
Brown Avatar
October 5, 2009 at 9:06 AM
I am sure I missed so many amazing poems this past weekend. I enjoyed reading yours today Deborah. Thank you for sharing it. Was a pleasure to read it. Love, Carol
Richards Avatar
October 4, 2009 at 6:16 PM
The search for wisdom, and finding oneself....a difficult journey ...but worth the pain, for sake of the spirit. Am I even close? ~
Goff Avatar
October 4, 2009 at 2:01 PM
I sense a solo journey, filled with revelation... jim
Kendrick Avatar
October 4, 2009 at 12:07 PM
Interesting write here. Like the comparison boil to true sage. Keep writing. Sara
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