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Prophecy in Sonnet, Self Fulfilling

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At first refrain I'll bound you to the sky
an open book, some distant wish-for-more
sweet hopeless wanderer of tragedies.
Cry not for arbiters of grief; not for
us broken things. We haven't wings like yours
nor worlds within our reach. No, you should live
undaunted by an anchor's weight. With stars,
my love. And in the second verse I'll write
what fool I've been, with blind and barren mind.
I'll ask the gods for gravity again
and only then, with conscience lost, abide
to hear your song: a landlocked lover's hymn.
But once the star-light touched your skin, you knew
my oceans would not hold enough of you.
Haven't written in iambic pentameter in ages. Sorry if it's terrible.
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Sammur-amat's avatar
breathtaking imagery throughout, nate sugar
keep belting out these amazing poem-notes :clap: