Ngoc Nguyen Poet Sonnet

If I Were Straight As An Arrow, Or Gay

If I were straight as an arrow, or gay
     as a songbird; then I'd consume the time,
exhaust “carpe diem,”—and thus seize the day!
     For life's too short; and youth's brief paradigm,

like the spring season, is much more fleeting
     than young love (a fact that's best left unknown). 
So, you see that I'm not above cheating
     fate: growing old and wise is overblown.

Just as wisdom is wasted on the old,
     so is youth and love wasted on the young
(as they say): so, if being gray is like gold
     in one's twilight years, then my cock's well-hung!

For what's there more to say? Life's just too hard
and short: so make much of its brief reward.

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Silent One July 4, 2020 at 8:58 AM Nice sonnet, this flows and rhymes so well.. Great formatting also.. Ngoc Nguyen July 4, 2020 at 6:23 PM Thank you, Silent One, for the compliment; and for commenting! I really appreciate it. ~Ngoc

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart July 4, 2020 at 8:56 AM I like this a lot. Have a lovely day Ngoc! ~Mo Ngoc Nguyen July 4, 2020 at 6:27 PM Thank you, Pigeon Tart, for your enthusiasm (for my sonnet); and for the thoughtful valediction! ~Ngoc