Robert Lindley Poet Sonnet

Walk I, Naked Under Pallid New Moons

QUOTE:
“The moon is a loyal companion.
It never leaves. It’s always there, watching, steadfast,
knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever
just as we do. Every day it’s a different version of itself.
Sometimes weak and wan, sometimes strong and full of light.
The moon understands what it means to be human.
Uncertain. Alone. Cratered by imperfections.”
? Tahereh Mafi, Shatter Me

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Walk I, Naked Under Pallid New Moons

I that crieth with dawn's falling dew
Accuser of this dark world and its hate
Walk I, naked under pallid new moons
With lingering hunger, nothing can sate
As warrior, as a lover now stone-blind
A dying soul, bleeding with ink and pen
Dreams, myself in imaginative realms
Away from this world full of darkest sin
This heart and soul, each crying out for more
And knowing Time will soon end this decay
A ship never finding a safe harbor
A ghost of dead dreams, now morbidly gray
Pay heed, if thy soul seeketh Love's pure kiss....
For tis' Light and Truth that bringeth sweet bliss....

Robert J. Lindley, 1-15-2020
Sonnet, ( As Whispering Wind Swirls About, To Speak )
( A pen allowed to such deep truth sing )


Note: 
Hold tight the moments that life gives
the ecstasy of remembrances of sweet romance
for day comes in which more in past one lives
the more one sees that most of life is long-lost chance....

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Sara Kendrick January 21, 2020 at 5:55 PM Creative lines here. Sara

M. L. Kiser January 18, 2020 at 2:27 AM Wonderful line, "A dying soul, bleeding with ink and pen"; also, "A ghost of dead dreams, now morbidly gray". Great ending to this too.

Lady Labyrinth January 17, 2020 at 11:47 AM "Pay heed, if thy soul seeketh Love's pure kiss...For tis' Light and Truth that bringeth sweet bliss"... let us hope this is true....

Panagiota Romios January 15, 2020 at 11:25 PM A FAV, Robert Panagiota xx Robert Lindley January 16, 2020 at 8:47 AM Thank you my friend. I pray that you and yours have a very wonderful and most blessed New Year! As your very fine and unique poetry comes from a true and very talented poetic soul and heart... God bless....

Besma Riabi Dziri January 15, 2020 at 5:06 PM It is "with lingering hunger" that a soul is kept enflamed with the desire to reach Love.. "Light and Truth"! It is with that bleeding pain and pen that a heart keeps throbbing with huge possibilities of knowing, healing and bliss. "A ship never finding a safe harbor"! A human soul never ceasing to embrace the darkest of dark to attain Light in moments in time. A poet of profound thoughts and feelings baring his heart to a masterful pen! A great work of Art and Light! A great pleasure to read! Robert Lindley January 15, 2020 at 5:18 PM Thank you my friend. Your insight and poetic heart sees so much. Yes, Light, Truth and Love are the triumphant three that we mortals too oft do not see or seek as we should. As a poet, perhaps one should endeavor to embrace the quest to improve and express clearly what the heart oft whispers... Yet this dark world and Life's many daily tasks/responsibilities too oft blinds us to such. God bless...

Quoth Theraven January 15, 2020 at 10:53 AM Robert, This is an exceptional Sonnet. I'm always intrigued by your penned themes. You capture the mystery and search of soul's truest meaning. -Richard Robert Lindley January 15, 2020 at 3:56 PM Thank you my friend. Your insight into this new creation is dead on the mark. All Life, as is the universe- a mystery and a divinely crafted gift.. Seeking, searching and pondering is a much needed activity if one cares to improve-both as a human being and as a writer/poet..

Peter Rees January 15, 2020 at 10:28 AM The deep melanchopy of truth is there in every line, with an important message to be heeded. Age will not thank you for youth's joys forgone. Robert Lindley January 15, 2020 at 3:53 PM Thank you my friend. One so much better sees the future path after it has been walked. Life is composed of Dark and Light. One is greatly blessed if the Dark was more often immensely overshadowed by the Light.