Robert Lindley Poet Sonnet

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Note: Realization that life is more than pleasure and selfish desires. It is about love, giving and gratitude to our Maker...Redemption and the long journey to the light takes a great toll on a man, many do not survive it. Some few are blessed to not only survive but live a far greater life afterwards.

Stones In the Honeyed Ring of Time

Stones In The Honeyed Ring Of Time

Sitting here dejected, mere pile of bones
pleasure, just memory in darkest past.
Strip out each lie one polishes and hones
facing truth, nothing can forever last! 

Stark reality of deeds soaked in slime 
pain, a racing bird sent to torture me. 
Memories in the honeyed ring of time 
everything costs dearly, nothing is free!

Evil are the chains wrapping my crushed Soul 
Time, a sword cutting so deeply my heart.
Lost hope of any future winning goal 
sad truth is ripping rest of me apart!

Pile of bones, only treasure I have got. 
Smelling meat, seeing its hideous rot!

Robert Lindley, 01-10- 2015


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:	100

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Robert Lindley January 14, 2015 at 7:44 AM My friend that poem is from 37 years ago.. A very , very bad time in my young life. My life has had a great many huge ups and downs. Thanks for your comment and concern1

Scott Thirtyseven January 14, 2015 at 12:21 AM Your preamble seems far more promising than your poem. I liked the sonnet form and you have kept well with it -in my eyes- but that message? Gosh I hope you feel brighter soon. Robert Lindley January 14, 2015 at 9:52 AM My friend that poem is from 37 years ago.. A very , very bad time in my young life. My life has had a great many huge ups and downs. Thanks for your comment and concern! I have a few hundred older poems from long ago and sometimes post a few of them here. A little insight into why I view the world as I now do..