Frederic Parker Poet Sonnet

Love's Reflections

When my aged eyes come to close at last
Love's reflections will cause my soul to weep
With death so near I'll hold onto the past
And keep as proof of life before I sleep
To let the heart's flickering faces stay
A reminder of when horizon's fled
Ask not the tearful eye to look away
From pain so deep and worn to which I'm wed
To close my eyes and sleep with yesterday
With thoughts of every year in which I bled
The years of restless nights till' death will stay
To rest with me inside my tomb instead
These shadowed ghosts which kept my heart a slave
Will, sleep forever silent in my grave

1/22/21 contest Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep

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John Hamilton February 7, 2021 at 9:51 AM This is a powerful write a fave for me, a sure winner!

Reason A. Poteet February 2, 2021 at 9:41 PM Nice work, Frederick. love your take on Craig Cornish's prompt...the beautiful, forgetful sleep of death.

Kim Rodrigues February 2, 2021 at 5:55 PM Well done, Frederick! A true masterpiece! Congratulations!

Linda Alice Fowler February 1, 2021 at 3:26 PM The last four lines are really powerful Frederic. Congratulations on the win! Linda

Mystic Rose Rose February 1, 2021 at 11:15 AM Congratulations Frederick, you've succeeded in penning a winner, All the best.

Harry Horsman January 25, 2021 at 7:15 PM Wow, Can relate to this wonderful sonnet of yours Fredrick. Good luck in the contest. Certainly a winner for me..

Mystic Rose Rose January 24, 2021 at 10:04 AM I have been missing your special sonnets dear Frederic, always a pleasure to drop by and see what you've been upto. Yes life is fast pace and it isn't easy to slow down, but in case you one evening, here is the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6__SoXlDf8 Namaste

Susan Lawrence January 23, 2021 at 4:59 PM wow...love the movement and memories and pain and joy from the past all intertwined together here. So heartfelt and real. I feel the memories and the passage of time. Susan