Linked⁓* (sweet sorrow)

English Sonnet

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 He's linked to her, it’s this he must extol,

so deep her smile’s within his spellbound heart.

 He knew the risk when laying bare the soul,

 but in his dreams they’d never be apart.

 

 He feels her touch, despite such distance vast …

 her psalms echo across bright golden skies.

 It’s no pang that will soon enough be passed;

he feels her there with every breath’s soft sigh.

 

 He knew with love there are no guarantees.

And, yet, so lives the only truth he knows …

a truth that’s such it well redeems and frees

 … there’s nothing more he'd opt to juxtapose.

 

 He reads her words; then, after’s heard to cry.

 His heart’s still hers, of this he’ll ne’er deny.

Richard W. Jenkins

© 9 Oct 2024

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Author's Note

ARTWORK
Last Kiss - Adam Martinakis 1972 - Polish Surrealist Digital Painter

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