I feel the cold untouched by shining light,
It stings my skin and chills my bones deep down;
The air that tests my body's force and might,
At length, it tests the strength of our crown.
For this, the earth, shows us no amity,
In truth, we're but a fleeting annoyance;
We've none to blame for such calamity,
As comes from out of nature's flamboyance.
So wrap yourself in warmth to face the day,
For winter will give you her strongest shot;
It is not wise, for you, with ice to play,
Least ice should bring its wrath upon your lot.
To test and try are Nature's two duties,
Be not deceived by all her great beauties.
Author notes
An semi-expository Shakespearean sonnet.
A contest entry
- The Natural World: In Honor of AsIThink by hawkeslake.
1050 points, ended January 3, 16 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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You impress me.
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Nature is a fickled creature. It can be beautioful and sunny one day and the next in he middle of a snowstorm.
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"To test and try are Nature's two duties,
Be not deceived by all her great beauties"...well, this is an interesting thought. But it might not be about deception (though it too often seems that way, huh?).
I see so much when I stare out or in; down and right or left. There's is so much to see. So much reflection and that which draws me in deeply. Whether to the tiny bugs doing 'wire' acts on incredibly thin string or the giants in the ocean...nature offers lessons (perhaps as a bonus to balance out those duties you mentioned).
My fav lines:
"I feel the cold untouched by shining light,
It stings my skin and chills my bones deep down"
AsIThink...
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Very well done sonnet, and I enjoyed thinking of Nature's cold as a test; in Minnesota, we've always thought of ourselves as "hardy" just for surviving our winters! Thanks for entering.
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