Robert Lindley Poet Sonnet

My Heart Shall Not Fade In Crying Red Rust

My Heart Shall Not Fade In Crying Red Rust

I shall beat down the walls of your dungeon
And smash its power into fading dust.
My spirit by you will not be bludgeoned,
My heart shall not fade in crying red rust!

Once, I saw such goodness in your sweet soul.
Those years have all vanished into the dark,
Where raging waters drown love in its roll
Madness of your hate shows to be so stark!

I still long for that soft gentle touch
With the press of those sexy luscious lips.
This heart cries deep, in loving you so much
Despite cut of claws on your fingertips!

I can never change pains of fate and time.
Yet I cry my loss in poetic rhyme!

R.J. Lindley
Sept 23rd, 1976 

Syllables Per Line:	
10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10
Total # Syllables:	140
Total # Lines:	17 (Including empty lines)
Words with (syllables) counted programmatically:	
Total # Words:	116

Note- Old poem, slightly edited today to improve its form 
and omit sad and deeply personal messages vented at the time of 
its creation. Although its extra verses (altered or cut) to bring 
down to brevity of the sonnet form were very good, I will keep 
the original intact in my private writes, for my children to read 
only after I depart this existence.

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Red Fiery April 14, 2016 at 9:58 AM Perfection at a glance ! Your poems have a very mesmerizing effect.... And I am mesmerized to the core! I wasn't around for sometimes but now I will try to keep in tune and read as much as i can...!!!! 7/7

Timothy Hicks March 29, 2016 at 12:59 AM Such agony intermixed with sorrow and longing "This heart cries deep in loving you so much Despite cut of claws on your fingertips" ... To have this whirlwind of emotions stirring in your heart for this person must be taxing ... but you penned a great sonnet, when you let it flow out naturally from the well's rich with personal experience. I hope the venting helped alleviate the burden, but perhaps (in an ideal world) you would rather not have the memory to begin with.

Vera Duggan March 28, 2016 at 12:51 AM Oh Robert I do love those sonnets and this one is a beauty, no you can never change fate and time but you surely can try and block them out, I know that it is hard, I have tried and yes I have blocked a lot out which is good and it helps you get on with life, this is such a good write, take care........Vera

Jan Allison March 27, 2016 at 11:48 AM The pain of a breakdown of a relationship so eloquently penned in your sonnet Robert -I am sure many can relate to your sad words. Hugs jan xx

Lin Lane March 27, 2016 at 11:14 AM I know writing about those sorrowful times helps, but only a little. How wonderful it would be if we could just blot them out entirely from memory...one day.