Wouldst I Become, Last Gasp of Dying Star

Wouldst I Become, Last Gasp Of Dying Star

Wouldst I become, last gasp of dying star
brighter glow in Heaven's majestic sky
existing as hope's promise from afar
gifting inspiration before I die.

Wouldst I become, pure as sweet love affirms
a soft flame, warmth to soothe a hurting soul
true warrior to defeat world's evil terms
an illumination to sacred scroll.

Wouldst I become, saving grace to my love
waiting shelter in times of sad despair
golden rays of tenderness from above
alleviating woes too hard to bear.

Wouldst I become light to life's dark defeat.
Lover, your destiny sets you to meet.

R.J. Lindley, 4-25- 1979
Sonnet, ( From Starlit Sky, A Magnificent Dream Was Born )

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020



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Date: 8/29/2020 9:19:00 PM
This is from 79? If so, impressive considering how much younger you were and you were writing on that level then. I certainly was not on that level when I was the same age.
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Robert Lindley
Date: 8/30/2020 5:31:00 AM
Thank you my great friend. I was 25 years old then. And had just recently went through a heartbreaking divorce. One that almost destroyed me. Much of that immensity of one of life's tragic experiences had forced me to think and ponder life as a never before. To write of how I hoped I could become a better a better person, a stronger and kinder soul and one deserving of finding a true and lasting love. God bless...
Date: 8/29/2020 10:22:00 AM
Great stellar poetic wishes, noble and poetically lofty. Great rhyming I was admiring all along. Kudos!! ........ ........ ........... Plz pleez do read and comment my newest poem too.
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Robert Lindley
Date: 8/30/2020 5:25:00 AM
Thank you my friend. I am pleased this was so well received by you and your very considerate and kind comment is so truly appreciated. I will check out your poetry. God bless...
Date: 8/29/2020 4:50:00 AM
Hi Robert. I'm partial to sonnets written in the olde' world style, and your third verse is my favorite.
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Robert Lindley
Date: 8/30/2020 5:23:00 AM
Thank you my friend. This was composed long ago. I did only one very minor edit before posting it here for the world to finally see. God bless..
Date: 8/28/2020 5:37:00 AM
You are her saving grace. Le Lac Alphonse de Lamartine. x
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Robert Lindley
Date: 8/28/2020 7:49:00 PM
Thank you my friend... continued- ... " Unhappy crowds cry out to you in prayers. Flow, Time, and set them free. Run through their days and through their ravening cares! But leave the happy be. In vain I pray the hours to linger on And Time slips into flight. I tell this night: "Be slower!" and the dawn Undoes the raveled night. Let's love, then! Love, and feel while feel we can The moment on its run. There is no shore of Time, no port of Man. It flows, and we go on. Covetous Time! Our mighty drunken moments When love pours forth huge floods of happiness; Can it be true that they depart no faster Than days of wretchedness? Why can we not keep some trace at the least? Gone wholly? Lost forever in the black? Will Time that gave them, Time that now elides them Never once bring them back? Eternity, naught, past, dark gulfs: what do You do with days of ours which you devour? Speak! Shall you not bring back those things sublime? Return the raptured hour?"
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 8/28/2020 5:53:00 AM
"Pause in your trek O Time! Pause in your flight, Favorable hours, and stay! Let us enjoy the transient delight That fills our fairest day.".... "Let's love, then! Love, and feel while feel we can The moment on its run. There is no shore of Time, no port of Man. It flows, and we go on" ...
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 8/28/2020 5:50:00 AM
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/le-lac-lake.html-2
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 8/28/2020 5:42:00 AM
https://youtu.be/rNtw-TjgxZA
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 8/28/2020 5:40:00 AM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Lac_(poem)
Date: 8/27/2020 9:10:00 AM
Splendid write with profound thoughts, Robert. Hope all is going well with you - Bob
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Robert Lindley
Date: 8/28/2020 7:48:00 PM
Thank you my friend. Yes, hope is the blessing one must depend on and prayer is the path one must take.. God bless...
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