Sonnets Written by Olan L. Smith

Sonnet No. IX

Sonnet No. IX, (Blank Verse)

Breathtaking

©2012, Olan L. Smith

Transported ― this he wonders does she come

To curse, or give him hope? Is this a ploy?

This day his wind was seized beneath his chest,

And heaven's wings did come to touch his face,

Unconscious devotion came to unlock

His heart, a sweet perfumed bouquet awoke

Him suddenly, resistance nevermore

To saddle trust; her voice reverberates

Supplanting stars, a seraph's gift of love

So chaste, and hence her power she divulged;

However, why was happiness denied

Before, and what authority decides?

For he arrived a shattered heart destroyed

And only honesty will heal such pain.

(A.N. Blank verse is non rhyming lines that uses iambic pentameter rhythm.)