05-05-2022, 06:25 PM
Innocence
Innocence looks ever toward its loss
blindly fleeing magic and wonderment
realizing not what its yearnings will cost;
too late to recapture childhood’s content.
Willfully, these carefree days fall away,
Annus mirabilis they disappear.
Yearning, he bids not these marvels to stay,
nor joy does he bring without sending tears.
No! Wisdom secures not fled innocence
nor buys back that ransomed for pleasures brief.
Forever regret stains this happenstance
the rest of life spent in thrall to this grief.
Truth on young ears falls dumb: ignored bequest.
“Once out you may ne’er return to this nest.”
Yeah, I know it was supposed to be a sonnet, but...
Innocence looks ever toward its loss
blindly fleeing magic and wonderment
realizing not what its yearnings will cost;
too late to recapture childhood’s content.
Willfully, these carefree days fall away,
Annus mirabilis they disappear.
Yearning, he bids not these marvels to stay,
nor joy does he bring without sending tears.
No! Wisdom secures not fled innocence
nor buys back that ransomed for pleasures brief.
Forever regret stains this happenstance
the rest of life spent in thrall to this grief.
Truth on young ears falls dumb: ignored bequest.
“Once out you may ne’er return to this nest.”
Yeah, I know it was supposed to be a sonnet, but...
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.