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Poetic Form: Sonnet (Crown of ...) : Italian or Petrarchan

Inspired: 2023 November 26

Image: N/A

Songs of Nature COS No 13: ABAB

(Soliloquy of a young passenger aboard the Titanic)

I know last night's storm. What? Oh, I forgot.
In the midst of fading sounds and shadows
I'd heard less, seen less, be wanted for not.
Whilst in the fullness, buds I, a youth grows.
Death be heard, death be seen, what does it mean?
The dearly departed ... was it so dear?
Live I these years, and be dead at nineteen?
And what of my dear family ... I fear.
A precious life gone, was it worth the price
For whilst my soul lived, know I was ignored
Glad wouldst I be found, naught a sacrifice.
Leave this soul behind a life as pictured.
Soon I, in the midst of soulless searching,
Sole say I, What wouldst be the reasoning?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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