Two bitten lips are evidence, I fear,
of ancient panic hidden in a well,
the bucket drawn when you are far from here,
and I must hold this precious citadel.
These aching shoulders are to be my guards,
which carry and preserve life in our home,
we set a place, and eat, and speak few words,
and clatter through the silence, quite alone.
The doors are bolted shut but I’m afraid
my love is broken into, undermined,
by Loneliness – a muscled retrograde,
who stalks me yet with purpose undefined.
I’ll close the curtains on declining light
and count his eerie footsteps through the night.
Julie, really tightly written. Solid.>KB
Thank you KB. Not many sonnets in my cave.
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I could feel the ache
Time to read Big Foot again 🙂
I’ll do that!
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really outstanding. I’ve never been able to write a real sonnet. loved the turn and then the re-turn…
Thank you for delving – sometimes I forget what I wrote!