A Couple of Sonnets

#1

As the milkweed attracts butterflies fair

The refrain of an ocean wave cries from my eyes

A warm glance dances in the air

and alights on a memory in the sky

 

That a persistent clock I could insist

And grip our wings to last evermore

But I find no escape from where I drift

And secure what the wind has in store

 

So I will do as the Monarch and migrate with you

Mournful of the flight that around us swirls

Happy in the choice that together we flew

Though desperate for more breath as my wings unfurl

 

That our lives are but a moment of joy sublime

Young flights to the milkweed will surely survive

#2

When I imagine heaven’s doorway

I can find no such majesty except at an ocean’s shore

Beckoning waves call to say

Do you need the earth’s delights anymore?

 

Of love and faith too often misplaced

I have been in debate

But to gaze upon and touch your face

Is that for which my body aches 

 

Let the sea beguile 

and even let me drift upon

But for now let me smile

As our melody continues it’s song

 

God made the ocean for our final island escape

And he gave us Jesus so the choice could finally take shape