John Lawless Poet Sonnet

The Air of Indifference

The Air of Indifference


Tree limbs grasped hungrily at idle air
hawks, with weary wings, shared calms despair,
sailors, deafened, by the muted swell
motionless the listless sails froze in heated hell.

Kites, stricken victims of inertial rule
denied the need for string, or child-held spool
aspire to go nesting in the trees
dream of the distant joy of being free.

Soft turn of ocean breeze will fulfill hope,
sailors on the deck will seize the rope
as children would the string of lifting kite
and trees bend easily as hawks take flight.

Thus does spirits wind so gently raise
the voices of the silenced into praise.



7/3/2014

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Andrea Dietrich July 17, 2014 at 8:52 AM wow, you did magnificently with this theme. One of your best poems of the week, John!!

Eileen Manassian July 15, 2014 at 8:28 AM What a powerful ending to this sonnet of hope! I love that last couplet. I like how you took us from utter despair to hope. Good luck in contest, and I thank you for your gracious comment on my poem. John Lawless July 15, 2014 at 8:31 AM Thanks Eileen, I was hoping the hope would overpower the despair.