Two Excerpts From The Sonnets Of Sorrow And Joy

These sonnets have an ABABCDCDEFEF-GG
rhyme scheme and were written in 2002.

#11

Cruel winter has set into all my joy
Leaving my soul as cold as blizzard snow
Large hail stones raining down on me destroy
The faith in you O Lord I once did know
My hands once used for praying now are numb
My feet now frost bitten no more can walk
My body soaks as all the waters come
The storm is loud I can not pray nor talk
The wind from every side whips me around
I can not find the path that leads to you
I try to walk I stumble hit the ground
I'm blinded by the storm I have no view

But then my name I hear you calling out
And crawl toward your voice from coldest doubt

#12

When sorrowfully suffering I go
Toward the bitter winter of my doubt
Behind me faith before me only woe
Although I try I can not turn about
Ahead the clouds are dark the thunder's roar
I can not see the road there are no skies
Behind me is the road to heaven's door
But without light can't see it with my eyes
So then I stagger in the rising storm
I rise and fall beaten by heavy wind
I try to spot a place that's dry and warm
But no such place for me am I to find

Til looking back I see you beckon me
And follow you to heaven faithfully


To read the complete sonnets
of sorrow and joy go to my
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