J. I. Thomas F. Poet Sonnet

Reprise To the Sunbeams

It wasn't many years ago when sunbeams showed to me,
a way to wrap your loveliness in words eternally.
Sometimes, I pause a moment in the midst of life's affairs.
I wonder what became of you and what man boldly dares-

to court you in these summer days with your beauty at its prime.
Such a dream was mine once, but I lost that dream to time.
And I have walked down other roads, and fallen once or twice.
Yet I confess you were the first to e'er my eyes entice.

So quickly do those sunbeams fade; where does their magic go?
The flower's form, immutable, but its body has to grow-
and weather life a while, and spend itself and die.
Yet the memory of such beauty is ever in my eye.

As I contemplate the sunbeams, a second time in rhyme,
I rejoice in your light, undimmed, by the jaws of space and time. 

29 July 2016

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The Grahamburglar August 3, 2016 at 1:00 AM The one the got away? I think it's a pretty rare thing to end up with our first crush, but for some reason, that first crush sticks, doesn't it? Beautifully written. I particularly like the third stanza. Well done. J. I. Thomas F. August 3, 2016 at 4:10 PM Thanks! Good to hear from you; I hope the summer has done wonders for your family.