WHY SONNET 101
Why is there turbulence in my mind,
So tempest tossed by winds so very strong?
The feeling that nothing else could go wrong
When a thousand more trials I seem to find.
Why does the world to me seem so unkind
And my heart starts to sting a doleful song,
A liturgy tell to some mighty throng
Who turn deaf ears, seeing eyes that are blind.
I stop my self-pity, have I not signed
My own death warrant? I now need to long
For brighter thoughts as I travel along,
Then on peaceful ideas I will have dined,
I will cast aside all my mournful days
And walk with joy along peaceful ways.
(Millicent) Ann Margetson 15 May 2005