(I was browsing through my doc. files on my computer and I came across some sonnets I wrote in college for a Shakespeare class. So I thought I would post them one at a time for the next few days until I get something new done. Some of these sonnets are better than others... And I am certainly no Shakespeare. Enjoy.)
Before my birth, my fate had been d’termed
that I, forever would belong to you.
Though seasons change, and time does pass like wind,
our love is great and will remain ’ere true.
It took some time for me to understand
and realize that I’ve always needed you,
though still I fail and need your gentle hand
to guide me back to you. You always knew
what I would do and yet you still love me,
a vile wretched sinner and a fool,
who’s tried to make it on his own. I see
that now I need to live by all your rules.
I can’t escape nor ever hide from you,
and so I’ll live my life for you anew.
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Bread Upon the Waters Ecclesiastes 11:1-6 (© Stephen Isham)
About Me
- Stephen Isham
- Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, he now makes his home in Alaska where he pursues his passions of fly fishing and hunting. He is currently working writing a western novel.
2 comments:
Stephen, I was genuinely blessed reading this sonnet. I have only ever had one crack at a sonnet. You are drawing me to the form. (And to the redemption we have in Christ.)
I'm glad. I personally found the form difficult... but at the same time it was kind of fun too.
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