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I Once Cried To Be Stardust In Your Eyes

I Once Cried To Be Stardust In Your Eyes

I once cried to be stardust in your eyes,
lighting your tender heart with heavenly glow
as treasure to you, fallen from bright skies
for blessed kindness, sweet love you would sow;
yet such gift was simply never to be
my passionate embrace you never felt
I sorrowed alone in my empty sea
while upon gold altar of fame you knelt.

Tis this great burden I must stalwart bear
for in my fear I dared not pursue
a goddess of beauty and raven hair,
more I feared, farther away you flew.

I once cried to be stardust in your eyes.
As treasure to you, fallen from bright skies.

Robert J. Lindley, 6-23-2020
Sonnet, ( The Many Sorrowing Paths That Fate Spins )


Note: 6/23/2020
This was originally written for a contest. 
I never entered it because it became a sonnet
instead of the seven verse as required 
by the contest stipulation. 
I simply could not bear to shorten it..

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Jan Pearce

Date: 7/13/2020 5:58:00 PM

A stunning tribute of love. thank you. jan

JCB Brul

Date: 7/12/2020 12:44:00 AM

Outstanding piece!..It is just right that you made it a sonnet...It turned out to be a mesmerizing gem.

Line Gauthier

Date: 7/10/2020 7:45:00 AM

So romantic, lovely sonnet, Robert ~

Eric Boddie

Date: 6/30/2020 8:37:00 AM

for you i waited oh so long....others came and now they are gone....because somehow my heart always knew....that i could have no completion without you....which is why i will wait until my last breath....for to be without you is far worse than death....just awesome mr lindley....

Eric Boddie
Date: 6/30/2020 10:11:00 AM

i thank you for that mr lindley, but it was your words that inspired my words so right here is where they belong....

Robert Lindley
Date: 6/30/2020 8:57:00 AM

Thank you my friend. Truly the wonderful verses you just gave in reply are definitely fodder for a poem that I think you should perhaps consider doing. As it would be a very fine offering, imho.. God bless...

Robert Lindley

Date: 6/24/2020 9:03:00 AM

Imust give credit to Nette's contest as its concept and its 7 verse rule intrigued me- but as of occurs I simply can not stop the verse flow coming. In this case , it doubled her 7 verse count required and I simply could not cut any verses.

Silent One

Date: 6/24/2020 7:46:00 AM

That's a great title and line...You write sonnets very well ..

Robert Lindley
Date: 6/24/2020 9:03:00 AM

Thank you my friend. Sometimes the title and/or first comes to me and I just let the very welcomed stream just flow on. I started and could not stop until the end-simply could not bear to cut any verses. God bless....