The Sea of Life
A Modern Sonnet in Shakespearean Style
My life was not granted for me to choose
To squander away however I please.
It is a gift that I may win or lose.
It can lift me or bend me to my knees.
It's but a brief moment caught in an age;
As recompense for some long lost good deed.
It can be lost within a moment's rage
Before it has a chance to take root or seed.
My choices effect all the threads of time.
Each step leads to a path of no return.
One wrong assessment may compel a crime
That steals away all that for which I yearn.
Only God's light can finally set me free;
Bringing calm to this disquieting sea.
To squander away however I please.
It is a gift that I may win or lose.
It can lift me or bend me to my knees.
It's but a brief moment caught in an age;
As recompense for some long lost good deed.
It can be lost within a moment's rage
Before it has a chance to take root or seed.
My choices effect all the threads of time.
Each step leads to a path of no return.
One wrong assessment may compel a crime
That steals away all that for which I yearn.
Only God's light can finally set me free;
Bringing calm to this disquieting sea.
Published by Charlotte Kuchinsky
I'm an author, columnist and poet. I have done extensive business, creative and technical writing and written curriclum for high schools, colleges and universities. I am currently the principal writer for a... View profile
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26 Comments
Post a CommentGood work!
excellent:) Happy Easter
So lovely, bravo! :-0 :-) This one is a winner, in my book. Good luck!
Great work, thanks and good luck.
Love this one!
BRAVO! great piece! *****
Beautifully crafted, with powerful thoughts. Thanks, Charlie!
well done, I am still trying to catch up after the crash.
Charlie, so so compelling!! Happy Easter my dear friend!!! Love ya!!
Very heartfelt Mizpah ;-]]