Choene Alley Semenya Poet Sonnet

When To the Eternity

When to the eternity of love embraced in heart
		With no particular sense of hate flickering past
		The eyes that saw those whom I admired depart,
		I evoke up the sorrowful memories I forgot at last;
		I smile to many a thought of what from them I learnt –
		And with old wounds and old woes now vanished,
		I sigh the sigh of relief in that I know what they meant:
		The impediments I endured proved love finished
		From the hearts that had no hesitation to lie
		For ill-advised and wrong doings at guilty sight,
		And so their sweet lips and beauty disfigured to my eye;
		Then can I love yet with sincere love, growing day & night, –
			The lady who loves me with love unencumbered,
			Whose lips are still pure, with no lies remembered.

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Gary Bateman February 8, 2015 at 7:39 AM Hello Choene, A most magnificently written sonnet here!! Very well-articulated and written with intense meaning and passion. This one's a "7" from me and it's a "FAV" too!! (I've written a number of sonnets and I do know the amount of work that goes into making them just right. In fact, I have another one in the works now!!) Great Work!! Best Always, Gary Choene Alley Semenya February 8, 2015 at 7:49 AM Hi Gary, thanks ever so much indeed, I really appreciate it. Poetry is so special to me and I just try by all means to give the best that I give. Gratitude, Choene