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Poetic Pause (a sonnet)

January 3, 2016 by Jared Hines 3 Comments

Silently screaming, slowly straining my
Soul. Tears of loss, fears of thoughts, steers to Cross.
Pleading pleas repeatedly. “Please reply!”
Silence precedes, death ties my noose in knots.
The rope, his claws, I let them grip my skin.
Chokingly, brokenly I run from fate,
From life, loss, love. I’m not magnificent.
I loved them too much, too little, too late.
Follow my sentence, I need your presence.
Hold my defense against sense in suspense.
Your light, your laugh, lifts my lopsided brain.
Sans you I sink slowly in sea, insane.
My heart rips as I poetically pause.
For with love comes death, writing is the cause.

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: death, fear, life, love, poem, poetry, sonnet, writing

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Comments

  1. Claudia says

    January 3, 2016 at 10:31 am

    Interesting, Jared. Dark but I liked it.

    Reply
    • Jared Hines says

      May 29, 2016 at 11:00 am

      Thank you very much! Poetry brings out all of the feels

      Reply
  2. Bob Moulesong says

    January 3, 2016 at 11:25 am

    Reblogged this on Bob Moulesong — Author & Writer and commented:

    Today our SFB website expands to include poetry. Here’s our first poetic post.

    Reply

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