Sonnet I

Therein amongst the subtle fall of rain That drips rhythmically upon leafy green I hath now a dead love, woefully lain Like deadened steps on the grave stones serene. Though mold casts shadows, haunting and subdued— As rain's sleek menace cracked youth's lofty tomb— Black boughs laden with black apathy, nude, Line this grave yard as would a mother's womb. These roses are not perfumed in anguish, Yet, in hesitation, with them I lie A solitude prepared for relinquish That with salted derision, hopes to die. And the meek mourn with ugly, failing grace As the rain gradually quickens its pace.