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Hold Firm Your Immovable Sacred Heart

Hold Firm Your Immovable Sacred Heart Your sword that badly broken thrown away night winds blowing another world apart seven nuns, heads bowed slightly to pray but what of my loving heart that gave your start has this terrible world defeated us did the black river decide to flow west pure gold or did the dying man just cuss as those spitting words cursed you the best. Hold firm your immovable sacred heart that pierces very deep my troubled soul in the Heavens, across Poseidon's chart red roses strewn celebrating your goal. Your sword that badly broken thrown away. Seven nuns, heads bowed slightly to pray. Robert J. Lindley. Sonnet July11th 1978 EDIT- age 24, getting more serious..

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Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 8/7/2023 9:17:00 AM

Your second stanza Robert pierces my soul for you, you seem troubled at the age of 24 but your eloquent words perfect your poetry to a maturity far older than what one would expect, and i love the repetition of your two last lines, magic, intense meaning - something that you knew about was coming your way that even nuns had to pray for a broken sword thrown away. Bravo. Hugs and blessings, Jennifer.

Robert Lindley
Date: 8/7/2023 1:14:00 PM

Thank you, very much my friend. Yes, this poem was about a personal relationship that ended badly. I wrote many such in my youth. Still haunts the way it ended. God bless.