I wrote the entirety of this devotional sonnet last night, in a local parking garage that has become a favorite meditative spot. The steaminess of the even was thought, by most, excessive.Sonnet CXLIV
Moist nights, they are not visible, but do
Give solace to my lonely, plumpened lips.
Though clouds above obscure, the skies accrue
Effulgent graces, and when cover slips
Away, I see them, stones in wateryMuck trenches. For the Lord does not allow
The fundamental goods that break us free
To shelter with too great persistence. Now,
The midnight's allegory in my mind,
A rosary of knighthood in my hand,
I sit upon a wall and pray in kind,
And near believe cement will understand
And echo my devotion like a spouse,
In praise of Him Who made us both by choice.
The mysteries, or course, were the Glorious.
3 Comments:
Love it. Bravissimo.
Where did you dig up "plumpened"? LOL. Did it immediately come to mind, or was it the "fruit" of metric desperation? I say this sympathetically, having had to discover just the right size and sound of a word to make a line work.
Thank you. And no, Rob, nothing of convenience for once. Before I left I put some Chap Stick on, so my moist air rolled off them very warmly. The word is so conspicuous I almost didn't include it, but it is a necessary word.
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