Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wilde
with ‘Bosie’ Lord Alfred was utterly beguiled
Falling from grace by the public defiled
Two years hard labour for playwright Oscar Wilde
A former shadow of himself in Reading gaol he languished
Penning 'De Profundis' for 'Bosie' Lord Alfred Douglas
Oscar now a broken man his life would never be the same
incarcerated for the love that dare not speak its name
(penned after watching a brilliant theatrical portrayal of The Trials of Oscar Wilde)
Written 11th April 2019
Contest: APRIL 2019 PREMIER 3, ANY FORM, ANY THEME, UPTO A MAX OF 8(EIGHT) LINES
Sponsor: Brian Strand
When I envision you, all I see is my
future.
Alignment within our recesses of the heart prove that you are
mine.
You, with your existence, your beauty, your intelligence, it truly is
unreasonable how much I care for
you.
Let us sail through the land of concealed secrecy, where our love will not be
judged, critiqued, or even mentioned on the lips of others.
Only wanted, in the mind.
Only desired, in the heart.
Let us become the legend of the love that dare not speak its
name.
History will remember us as
The Lovers.
It was so out of reach for the others that weren't
you
and weren't
me.
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