GERMINATIONS, IN DARKNESS BORN

A sonnet inspired by John Keats

 

Where youth grows pale, and specter thin, and dies,

A maturity tears from the cocoon.

I stretch my arms out and reach through the skies,

Newly formed, a grasp exceeding the moon.

 

My butterfly winds encompass the earth.

Covering all, a protective shadow

Cloaks this jewel. A single star shines on hearth

And ‘ome, for all above and all below.

 

In safety cometh the starlit sanctum,

Devoid of a universe’s danger.

Petri-dish-problems, hard to overcome,

Yet comparing naught, to those, the grandeur.

 

In malicious time comes the universe,

Infinite, endless, therein lies its curse.

 

Reviews

[The Elder Pine]

Wow what a write! This is with out a single shadow or shade of a doubt in my mind the best sonnet I have seen on wc so for. Great way to use such a great line from keats and translate it into the art of the great Shakespeare virtually created. This form is limiting, and I have seen a good many writers fail when attempting to write in this style but not you. Not only did you write this true to form but you incorporated a great message, a great flow, and amazing images into it. Great language and knowledge of the language also shows, and all in all makes for a great piece that is such a true and absolute pleasure to read. Thank you for sharing this piece.

"Where youth grows pale, and specter thin, and dies,
A maturity tears from the cocoon.
I stretch my arms out and reach through the skies,
Newly formed, a grasp exceeding the moon.

My butterfly winds encompass the earth.
Covering all, a protective shadow
Cloaks this jewel. A single star shines on hearth
And 'ome, for all above and all below.

In safety cometh the starlit sanctum,
Devoid of a universe's danger.
Petri-dish-problems, hard to overcome,
Yet comparing naught, to those, the grandeur.

In malicious time comes the universe,
Infinite, endless, therein lies its curse."