Sonnet – MLee Sage

OctPoWriMo 2 – Lannet Sonnet : Vulnerable

Posted on October 2, 2020October 12, 2020 by mls

Definition: https://www.writing.com/main/books/entry_id/625309

Prompt: Write for ten minutes about how and when you feel vulnerable.

I wake wondering if I am okay
If I can find my path this day, or if,
Again, I will set with the sun knowing,
Expecting, tomorrow to be better.

Will I meet my goals and live fully?
Shall I meet my truth and survive hate?
Can I smile at myself, to lift me up,
when the mirror shows me that which I can’t
confess to my heart, or feel in my soul?

I am now unguarded against myself,
I have torn down walls and opened the drapes,
So that I may really begin to love,
not only who I am, but who I was.
Also, for the future ventures and dreams
That I may know me, from so long ago.

OctPoWriMo 1 – Kyrielle Sonnet : Shine Your Light

Posted on October 1, 2020October 12, 2020 by mls

Definition: https://poetscollective.org/everysonnet/kyrielle-sonnet/

Prompt: Shine your light is the main prompt for today, in fact it is the theme for this OctPoWriMo. Some have taken this time during the Pandemic to explore their talents and share them with others. How can you shine your light? Write for ten minutes exploring what shining your light means to you.

The wait ends when the hour falls dark
Tule fog grows upon the park
Moonlight casts a halo of pain
Refracted through driblets of rain

You stole the love I had to share
My light, my wind, my fire, my air
Hurled without guilt into the Seine
Refracted through driblets of rain

I cry no more, I know my soul
Has outgrown the fractured toll
Triumphantly, my life, my gain
Refracted through driblets of rain

The wait ends when the hour falls dark
Refracted through driblets of rain